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Last Rank
Seaman First Class
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Last Primary NEC
00E-Unknown NEC/Rate
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Last Rating/NEC Group
Rating/NEC Group Unknown
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Primary Unit
1940-1941, 00E, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
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Service Years
1940 - 1941
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Personal Details
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Home State
Kansas | |
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Year of Birth
1921 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Felix Cervantes, III (Admiral Ese), BM2
to remember
Aldridge, Willard Henry, S1c.
If you knew or served with this Sailor and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Ashland, KS |
Last Address
Ashland, KS
(Father~John Aldridge)
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Casualty Date
Dec 07, 1941 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Other Explosive Device |
Location
Hawaii |
Conflict
World War II |
Location of Interment
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Court 5 (Cenotaph) |
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Last Known Activity
Seaman/1c Willard Aldridge was Killed in Action on December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma BB37.
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Comments/Citation
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency annouced that Navy Seaman 1st Class Willard H. Aldridge, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, has now been accounted for as of Jan 11, 2018
On Dec. 7, 1941, Aldridge 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 Aldridge.
In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
DPAA is appreciative 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.
Aldridge'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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Jul 25, 1940, Service Entry Date and Serial Number
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Oct 12, 1940, Received on USS Oklahoma From US Naval Station Great Lakes, IL for Duty
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Nov 09, 1940, Promoted to Seaman 2nd Class or S2c
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Jul 01, 1941, Promoted to Seaman 1st Class or S1c
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Aug 30, 2016, Body may be one of the many unknown Buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Aug 31, 2016, General Photos
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