Hugh R. Alexander
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
Service # 0-056955
United States Navy
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Awards: Navy-Marine Corps Medal, Purple Heart
All Findagrave Memorial ID's: 29083971, 47088184, 56113904, 77246948
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced April 27, 2021 that Navy Lt. Cmdr. Hugh R. Alexander, 43, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 17, 2021. In 2022, records resulted in him being posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal that he so richly deserved. He also received the Purple Heart.
Link to mass graves of 389 Crew USS Oklahoma, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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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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Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
Service # 0-056955
United States Navy
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Awards: Navy-Marine Corps Medal, Purple Heart
All Findagrave Memorial ID's: 29083971, 47088184, 56113904, 77246948
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced April 27, 2021 that Navy Lt. Cmdr. Hugh R. Alexander, 43, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 17, 2021. In 2022, records resulted in him being posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal that he so richly deserved. He also received the Purple Heart.
Link to mass graves of 389 Crew USS Oklahoma, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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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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Hugh R. Alexander
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
Service # 0-056955
United States Navy
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Awards: Navy-Marine Corps Medal, Purple Heart
All Findagrave Memorial ID's: 29083971, 47088184, 56113904, 77246948
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced April 27, 2021 that Navy Lt. Cmdr. Hugh R. Alexander, 43, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 17, 2021. In 2022, records resulted in him being posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal that he so richly deserved. He also received the Purple Heart.
Link to mass graves of 389 Crew USS Oklahoma, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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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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Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
Service # 0-056955
United States Navy
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Awards: Navy-Marine Corps Medal, Purple Heart
All Findagrave Memorial ID's: 29083971, 47088184, 56113904, 77246948
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced April 27, 2021 that Navy Lt. Cmdr. Hugh R. Alexander, 43, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 17, 2021. In 2022, records resulted in him being posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal that he so richly deserved. He also received the Purple Heart.
Link to mass graves of 389 Crew USS Oklahoma, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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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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