US Navy WORLD WAR II
Ensign Marshall Eugene Darby KIA Dec 7, 1941
USS Oklahoma, BB-37, Pearl Harbor
Official Date of death: 05-Apr-44
Hometown: Washington, D. C.
Graduated from the Naval Academy on June 6, 1940.
Son of Marshall Eugene Darby, Sr. [1895-1954] and Anna Ruth (Klotz) Darby [1895-1994]
Service #
Awards: Purple Heart
Ensign Darby served in the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB 37) until he was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.( His remains were never recovered.)
Correction recovered buried National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
USS Darby (DE 218) (1943-1968) was the first ship named in his honor.
Fate: Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen)
Complement: 141 (141 dead - no survivors)
US Navy WORLD WAR II
Ensign Marshall Eugene Darby KIA Dec 7, 1941
USS Oklahoma, BB-37, Pearl Harbor
Official Date of death: 05-Apr-44
Hometown: Washington, D. C.
Graduated from the Naval Academy on June 6, 1940.
Son of Marshall Eugene Darby, Sr. [1895-1954] and Anna Ruth (Klotz) Darby [1895-1994]
Service #
Awards: Purple Heart
Ensign Darby served in the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB 37) until he was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.( His remains were never recovered.)
Correction recovered buried National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
USS Darby (DE 218) (1943-1968) was the first ship named in his honor.
Fate: Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen)
Complement: 141 (141 dead - no survivors)
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Entered the service from Washington.
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