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S1 Willard Henry Aldridge
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S1 Willard Henry Aldridge

Birth
Sitka, Clark County, Kansas, USA
Death
7 Dec 1941 (aged 20)
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
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Crewmember on the USS Oklahoma. Son of John Aldridge, Ashland, KS. VFW Post 7770 in Ashland, KS named in his honor. Navy Seaman 1st Class Willard H. Aldridge, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, has now been accounted for.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Aldridge was 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 Aldridge.
Aldridge's name is 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 his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

Actual Burial here

Cenotaph here
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Entered the service from Kansas.

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https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=BattleMemoryExt&ID=93532
"From...Wichita Kansas Eagle. May 2 2018.
"Seaman Aldridge will be buried May 26 with full military honors in the Highland Cemetery in Ashland, where his parents, grandparents and other family members are already buried. On May 25, a six-person Navy Honor Guard will bring him to Ashland along with the high school students and the Patriot Guard. And at 11 a.m. on the 26th, there will be a processional from the Schilling Funeral Home on Main Street to the cemetery."
Contributor: Ellisa Pinkston Naumann (49445314)
Crewmember on the USS Oklahoma. Son of John Aldridge, Ashland, KS. VFW Post 7770 in Ashland, KS named in his honor. Navy Seaman 1st Class Willard H. Aldridge, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, has now been accounted for.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Aldridge was 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 Aldridge.
Aldridge's name is 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 his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

Actual Burial here

Cenotaph here
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Entered the service from Kansas.

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https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=BattleMemoryExt&ID=93532
"From...Wichita Kansas Eagle. May 2 2018.
"Seaman Aldridge will be buried May 26 with full military honors in the Highland Cemetery in Ashland, where his parents, grandparents and other family members are already buried. On May 25, a six-person Navy Honor Guard will bring him to Ashland along with the high school students and the Patriot Guard. And at 11 a.m. on the 26th, there will be a processional from the Schilling Funeral Home on Main Street to the cemetery."
Contributor: Ellisa Pinkston Naumann (49445314)

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