** NOTE: Before his remains were identified and laid to rest in 2019 -- decades after his death -- Calvin Palmer was honored with listings on two military memorials in Hawaii. These memorials are not duplicates and belong on the site. **
USS Oklahoma Brothers Accounted For From World War II (Palmer, C. & Palmer, W.)
Release No: 19-045 March 25, 2019
WASHINGTON —
Navy brothers, Seaman 2nd Class Calvin H. Palmer and Seaman 2nd Class Wilferd D. Palmer, killed during the attack [on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941] on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, were accounted for on March 19, 2019.
On Dec. 7, 1941, the brothers were assigned to the 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 the Palmers.
In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this mission.
The Palmer brothers' names are recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to their names to indicate they have been accounted for.
USS Oklahoma Brothers Accounted For From World War II (Palmer, C. & Palmer, W.)
Release No: 19-045 March 25, 2019
WASHINGTON —
Navy brothers, Seaman 2nd Class Calvin H. Palmer and Seaman 2nd Class Wilferd D. Palmer, killed during the attack [on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941] on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, were accounted for on March 19, 2019.
On Dec. 7, 1941, the brothers were assigned to the 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 the Palmers.
In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this mission.
The Palmer brothers' names are recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to their names to indicate they have been accounted for.
** NOTE: Before his remains were identified and laid to rest in 2019 -- decades after his death -- Calvin Palmer was honored with listings on two military memorials in Hawaii. These memorials are not duplicates and belong on the site. **
USS Oklahoma Brothers Accounted For From World War II (Palmer, C. & Palmer, W.)
Release No: 19-045 March 25, 2019
WASHINGTON —
Navy brothers, Seaman 2nd Class Calvin H. Palmer and Seaman 2nd Class Wilferd D. Palmer, killed during the attack [on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941] on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, were accounted for on March 19, 2019.
On Dec. 7, 1941, the brothers were assigned to the 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 the Palmers.
In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this mission.
The Palmer brothers' names are recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to their names to indicate they have been accounted for.
USS Oklahoma Brothers Accounted For From World War II (Palmer, C. & Palmer, W.)
Release No: 19-045 March 25, 2019
WASHINGTON —
Navy brothers, Seaman 2nd Class Calvin H. Palmer and Seaman 2nd Class Wilferd D. Palmer, killed during the attack [on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941] on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, were accounted for on March 19, 2019.
On Dec. 7, 1941, the brothers were assigned to the 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 the Palmers.
In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this mission.
The Palmer brothers' names are recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to their names to indicate they have been accounted for.
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