Donald Robert McCloud was born on November 18, 1920 in Wayne (Logan County), WV to Anderson "Anse" McCloud and Dicie Mullins McCloud. Donald enlisted in the U.S. Navy on April 12, 1938 as an apprentice seaman and was to serve until November 17, 1941. He had requested to stay in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to reunite with a lifelong friend, whom he was able to spend time with on December 6, 1941. Donald was stationed on the USS Oklahoma as a Fire Controlman Second Class. The Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes and quickly capsized during the attack on Pearl Harbor in the early morning hours of December 7, 1941. Donald, along with 428 other crewmen, perished on the Oklahoma that day.
In 2015 the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency began a project to try to identify the victims of the USS Oklahoma using DNA testing as well as dental and anthropological analysis. Donald's nephew, Fred McCloud (Bowling Green KY), had submitted his DNA and in May 2021 the remains of his uncle were identified.
At the time of Donald's death he was survived by his parents along with his sister, Jessie M. Jenkins, and brothers, Curtis J. McCloud and Clarence "Andy" McCloud. Today he is survived by his nephew, Fred L. McCloud, and nieces Rita Ann Canterbury and Anita Marie Reese.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Honaker Funeral Home in Logan, with Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Bruce Reed officiating.
Internment with full Military Honors by the United States Navy in the McCloud Family Cemetery at East Fork of Twelve Pole Creek in Mingo County. Donald will be laid to rest alongside his parents.
The family welcomes anyone who would like to attend the service.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Honaker Funeral Home, Logan WV.
In 2015 the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency began a project to try to identify the victims of the USS Oklahoma using DNA testing as well as dental and anthropological analysis. Donald's nephew, Fred McCloud (Bowling Green KY), had submitted his DNA and in May 2021 the remains of his uncle were identified.
At the time of Donald's death he was survived by his parents along with his sister, Jessie M. Jenkins, and brothers, Curtis J. McCloud and Clarence "Andy" McCloud. Today he is survived by his nephew, Fred L. McCloud, and nieces Rita Ann Canterbury and Anita Marie Reese.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Honaker Funeral Home in Logan, with Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Bruce Reed officiating.
Internment with full Military Honors by the United States Navy in the McCloud Family Cemetery at East Fork of Twelve Pole Creek in Mingo County. Donald will be laid to rest alongside his parents.
The family welcomes anyone who would like to attend the service.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Honaker Funeral Home, Logan WV.
Donald Robert McCloud was born on November 18, 1920 in Wayne (Logan County), WV to Anderson "Anse" McCloud and Dicie Mullins McCloud. Donald enlisted in the U.S. Navy on April 12, 1938 as an apprentice seaman and was to serve until November 17, 1941. He had requested to stay in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to reunite with a lifelong friend, whom he was able to spend time with on December 6, 1941. Donald was stationed on the USS Oklahoma as a Fire Controlman Second Class. The Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes and quickly capsized during the attack on Pearl Harbor in the early morning hours of December 7, 1941. Donald, along with 428 other crewmen, perished on the Oklahoma that day.
In 2015 the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency began a project to try to identify the victims of the USS Oklahoma using DNA testing as well as dental and anthropological analysis. Donald's nephew, Fred McCloud (Bowling Green KY), had submitted his DNA and in May 2021 the remains of his uncle were identified.
At the time of Donald's death he was survived by his parents along with his sister, Jessie M. Jenkins, and brothers, Curtis J. McCloud and Clarence "Andy" McCloud. Today he is survived by his nephew, Fred L. McCloud, and nieces Rita Ann Canterbury and Anita Marie Reese.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Honaker Funeral Home in Logan, with Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Bruce Reed officiating.
Internment with full Military Honors by the United States Navy in the McCloud Family Cemetery at East Fork of Twelve Pole Creek in Mingo County. Donald will be laid to rest alongside his parents.
The family welcomes anyone who would like to attend the service.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Honaker Funeral Home, Logan WV.
In 2015 the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency began a project to try to identify the victims of the USS Oklahoma using DNA testing as well as dental and anthropological analysis. Donald's nephew, Fred McCloud (Bowling Green KY), had submitted his DNA and in May 2021 the remains of his uncle were identified.
At the time of Donald's death he was survived by his parents along with his sister, Jessie M. Jenkins, and brothers, Curtis J. McCloud and Clarence "Andy" McCloud. Today he is survived by his nephew, Fred L. McCloud, and nieces Rita Ann Canterbury and Anita Marie Reese.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Honaker Funeral Home in Logan, with Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Bruce Reed officiating.
Internment with full Military Honors by the United States Navy in the McCloud Family Cemetery at East Fork of Twelve Pole Creek in Mingo County. Donald will be laid to rest alongside his parents.
The family welcomes anyone who would like to attend the service.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Honaker Funeral Home, Logan WV.
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