New Hollywood Cemetery
USS Oklahoma Memorial
Pearl Harbor Casualty List, December 7, 1941
BLANCHARD William Eugene, BMKR1c, USN, USS OKLAHOMA
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Navy Boilermaker 1st Class William E. Blanchard, 24, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Jan. 4, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Blanchard 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 Blanchard.
Contributor: SBR (49039178)
New Hollywood Cemetery
USS Oklahoma Memorial
Pearl Harbor Casualty List, December 7, 1941
BLANCHARD William Eugene, BMKR1c, USN, USS OKLAHOMA
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Navy Boilermaker 1st Class William E. Blanchard, 24, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Jan. 4, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Blanchard 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 Blanchard.
Contributor: SBR (49039178)
Inscription
The stone is a memorial stone. After the Oklahoma was raised the bodies were
not identified and buried in the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu in
graves marked "Unknown".
