USS Oklahoma Sailor Killed During World War II Accounted For (Barrett, W.)
DEFENSE POW / MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY·MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Wilbur C. Barrett, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, was accounted for on June 20, 2018.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Barrett 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 Barrett.
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.
Interment services are pending; more details will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.
Barrett'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.
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See burial location in Sunset Lawn Cemetery for family links.
DEFENSE POW / MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY·MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Wilbur C. Barrett, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, was accounted for on June 20, 2018.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Barrett 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 Barrett.
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.
Interment services are pending; more details will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.
Barrett'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.
~
See burial location in Sunset Lawn Cemetery for family links.
USS Oklahoma Sailor Killed During World War II Accounted For (Barrett, W.)
DEFENSE POW / MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY·MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Wilbur C. Barrett, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, was accounted for on June 20, 2018.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Barrett 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 Barrett.
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.
Interment services are pending; more details will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.
Barrett'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.
~
See burial location in Sunset Lawn Cemetery for family links.
DEFENSE POW / MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY·MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Wilbur C. Barrett, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, was accounted for on June 20, 2018.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Barrett 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 Barrett.
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.
Interment services are pending; more details will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.
Barrett'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.
~
See burial location in Sunset Lawn Cemetery for family links.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Kansas.
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