Bernard Vincent Doyle was born on January 17, 1922 at Esbon, Kansas, the son of John and Mary Ellen Doyle, brother of 6 siblings--3 brothers (all served in the military during WWII) and 3 sisters. All are deceased with the exception of two sisters, Patricia Doyle and Frances Doyle Nutter, both of Lake City, Iowa.
Bernard grew up on a farm in Kansas until he was 17 when the family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska where he graduated from High School in May, 1940. Upon graduation, Bernard enlisted in the United States Navy. He completed basic training at Great Lakes Naval Base and was transferred to Bremerton, Washington where he was assigned to the "USS Oklahoma." They departed to the Naval Base in Honolulu, Hawaii where they took part in maneuvers in the Pacific. Later the ships were moored alongside each other in Pearl Harbor in what was called "Battle Ship Row." On December 7, 1941, a fleet of Japanese aircraft made a surprise bombing attack on Pearl Harbor. The "Battleship Oklahoma" was hit with 8 bombs which caused it to turn over. Bernard Doyle was among the 429 sailors who were lost on the Oklahoma that day--"A day that will live in infamy." Pres. Franklin Roosevelt.
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Remains Identified of Red Cloud Soldier Who Died at Pearl Harbor (Partial 2018 Article)
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Bernard V. Doyle, 19, of Red Cloud, Nebraska, accounted for on March 26, 2018, will be buried October 13, 2018 in Lake City, Iowa. The Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, accounted for from World War II, are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Doyle was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Doyle.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Doyle.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl for identification.
To identify Doyle's remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, which matched his family, anthropological and dental analysis, which matched his records, along with circumstantial evidence.
(Doyle's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.)
Bernard grew up on a farm in Kansas until he was 17 when the family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska where he graduated from High School in May, 1940. Upon graduation, Bernard enlisted in the United States Navy. He completed basic training at Great Lakes Naval Base and was transferred to Bremerton, Washington where he was assigned to the "USS Oklahoma." They departed to the Naval Base in Honolulu, Hawaii where they took part in maneuvers in the Pacific. Later the ships were moored alongside each other in Pearl Harbor in what was called "Battle Ship Row." On December 7, 1941, a fleet of Japanese aircraft made a surprise bombing attack on Pearl Harbor. The "Battleship Oklahoma" was hit with 8 bombs which caused it to turn over. Bernard Doyle was among the 429 sailors who were lost on the Oklahoma that day--"A day that will live in infamy." Pres. Franklin Roosevelt.
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Remains Identified of Red Cloud Soldier Who Died at Pearl Harbor (Partial 2018 Article)
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Bernard V. Doyle, 19, of Red Cloud, Nebraska, accounted for on March 26, 2018, will be buried October 13, 2018 in Lake City, Iowa. The Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, accounted for from World War II, are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Doyle was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Doyle.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Doyle.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl for identification.
To identify Doyle's remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, which matched his family, anthropological and dental analysis, which matched his records, along with circumstantial evidence.
(Doyle's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.)
Bernard Vincent Doyle was born on January 17, 1922 at Esbon, Kansas, the son of John and Mary Ellen Doyle, brother of 6 siblings--3 brothers (all served in the military during WWII) and 3 sisters. All are deceased with the exception of two sisters, Patricia Doyle and Frances Doyle Nutter, both of Lake City, Iowa.
Bernard grew up on a farm in Kansas until he was 17 when the family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska where he graduated from High School in May, 1940. Upon graduation, Bernard enlisted in the United States Navy. He completed basic training at Great Lakes Naval Base and was transferred to Bremerton, Washington where he was assigned to the "USS Oklahoma." They departed to the Naval Base in Honolulu, Hawaii where they took part in maneuvers in the Pacific. Later the ships were moored alongside each other in Pearl Harbor in what was called "Battle Ship Row." On December 7, 1941, a fleet of Japanese aircraft made a surprise bombing attack on Pearl Harbor. The "Battleship Oklahoma" was hit with 8 bombs which caused it to turn over. Bernard Doyle was among the 429 sailors who were lost on the Oklahoma that day--"A day that will live in infamy." Pres. Franklin Roosevelt.
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Remains Identified of Red Cloud Soldier Who Died at Pearl Harbor (Partial 2018 Article)
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Bernard V. Doyle, 19, of Red Cloud, Nebraska, accounted for on March 26, 2018, will be buried October 13, 2018 in Lake City, Iowa. The Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, accounted for from World War II, are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Doyle was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Doyle.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Doyle.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl for identification.
To identify Doyle's remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, which matched his family, anthropological and dental analysis, which matched his records, along with circumstantial evidence.
(Doyle's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.)
Bernard grew up on a farm in Kansas until he was 17 when the family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska where he graduated from High School in May, 1940. Upon graduation, Bernard enlisted in the United States Navy. He completed basic training at Great Lakes Naval Base and was transferred to Bremerton, Washington where he was assigned to the "USS Oklahoma." They departed to the Naval Base in Honolulu, Hawaii where they took part in maneuvers in the Pacific. Later the ships were moored alongside each other in Pearl Harbor in what was called "Battle Ship Row." On December 7, 1941, a fleet of Japanese aircraft made a surprise bombing attack on Pearl Harbor. The "Battleship Oklahoma" was hit with 8 bombs which caused it to turn over. Bernard Doyle was among the 429 sailors who were lost on the Oklahoma that day--"A day that will live in infamy." Pres. Franklin Roosevelt.
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Remains Identified of Red Cloud Soldier Who Died at Pearl Harbor (Partial 2018 Article)
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Bernard V. Doyle, 19, of Red Cloud, Nebraska, accounted for on March 26, 2018, will be buried October 13, 2018 in Lake City, Iowa. The Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, accounted for from World War II, are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Doyle was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Doyle.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Doyle.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl for identification.
To identify Doyle's remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, which matched his family, anthropological and dental analysis, which matched his records, along with circumstantial evidence.
(Doyle's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.)
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