Fireman 3/C whose battle station was an antiaircraft gun, was working in the kitchen of the Oklahoma at the time of the bombing raid.
George W. Jarding was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for "military merit and for wounds received in action." He also was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Defense Service Medal, and WW II Victory Medal.
Some years after the war was over, George's parents received a letter stating that George's remains had been identified in a grave at Punch Bowl Crater Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii. George's father had his son's remains returned to the United States in August of 1949. George was then laid to rest in St. Ann's Cemetery at Humboldt, SD.
Link to his grave in St. Ann's Cemetery at Humboldt, SD.
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The USS OKLAHOMA Memorial was dedicated 7 December 2007 on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. The memorial stands on the shores of Ford Island, next to the former berth of the Oklahoma. Today the USS Missouri museum is moored where the Oklahoma was moored when she was sunk.
The memorial's black granite walls suggest the once formidable hull of the Oklahoma. On the black granite wall is the alphabetical list of each sailor and what row his marble standard is in. When the wall is photographed the marble standards can be seen in the reflection. The white marble standards represent its lost sailors and Marines. Each perfectly aligned marble standard symbolizes an individual in pristine white dress uniform, inspired from the naval tradition of ‘manning the rails.' In full dress whites the ship's crew stand at attention along the rails or in the rigging of the ship to display respect and honor. The marble standards of this memorial stand perfectly straight, ‘manning the rails' of the Oklahoma, forever.
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Fireman 3/C whose battle station was an antiaircraft gun, was working in the kitchen of the Oklahoma at the time of the bombing raid.
George W. Jarding was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for "military merit and for wounds received in action." He also was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Defense Service Medal, and WW II Victory Medal.
Some years after the war was over, George's parents received a letter stating that George's remains had been identified in a grave at Punch Bowl Crater Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii. George's father had his son's remains returned to the United States in August of 1949. George was then laid to rest in St. Ann's Cemetery at Humboldt, SD.
Link to his grave in St. Ann's Cemetery at Humboldt, SD.
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The USS OKLAHOMA Memorial was dedicated 7 December 2007 on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. The memorial stands on the shores of Ford Island, next to the former berth of the Oklahoma. Today the USS Missouri museum is moored where the Oklahoma was moored when she was sunk.
The memorial's black granite walls suggest the once formidable hull of the Oklahoma. On the black granite wall is the alphabetical list of each sailor and what row his marble standard is in. When the wall is photographed the marble standards can be seen in the reflection. The white marble standards represent its lost sailors and Marines. Each perfectly aligned marble standard symbolizes an individual in pristine white dress uniform, inspired from the naval tradition of ‘manning the rails.' In full dress whites the ship's crew stand at attention along the rails or in the rigging of the ship to display respect and honor. The marble standards of this memorial stand perfectly straight, ‘manning the rails' of the Oklahoma, forever.
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Family Members
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Mary Elizabeth Jarding Mallinger
1914–1995
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Joseph Peter Jarding
1916–1990
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Cynthia Josephine Jarding Stoltz
1917–2011
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Anthony Dominic "Tony" Jarding
1918–1999
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Louis N. Jarding
1920–2017
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George William Jarding
1922–1941
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Helen Marie Jarding Sieverding
1926–2012
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Lillian Cecilia Jarding Hentges
1928–1999
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James Joseph Jarding
1931–2022
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Eleanor Ann Jarding Kueter
1933–2017
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Janet Clare Jarding Bawdon
1936–2004
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