Entered the service from Illinois. Killed in action on the USS Oklahoma.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Marine Corps Corporal Elmer E. Drefahl, 22, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 29, 2020.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Drefahl was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37), 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 Cpl Drefahl.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Marine Corps Corporal Elmer E. Drefahl, 22, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 29, 2020.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Drefahl was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37), 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 Cpl Drefahl.
Entered the service from Illinois. Killed in action on the USS Oklahoma.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Marine Corps Corporal Elmer E. Drefahl, 22, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 29, 2020.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Drefahl was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37), 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 Cpl Drefahl.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Marine Corps Corporal Elmer E. Drefahl, 22, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 29, 2020.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Drefahl was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37), 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 Cpl Drefahl.
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