World War II
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Fallen
Circumstances:
Killed in action in the Pearl Harbor attack while aboard the USS Oklahoma.
Biography:
born Reynolds, ND 12 May 16; resident Grand Forks County, ND; entered US Navy Mpls, MN 4 May 38; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 7 Dec 41 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; buried in Plot C, Grave 631, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The USS OKLAHOMA Memorial was dedicated 7 December 2007 on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. The memorial stands on the shores of Ford Island, next to the former berth of the Oklahoma. Today the USS Missouri museum is moored where the Oklahoma was moored when she was sunk.
The memorial's black granite walls suggest the once formidable hull of the Oklahoma. On the black granite wall is the alphabetical list of each sailor and what row his marble standard is in. When the wall is photographed the marble standards can be seen in the reflection. The white marble standards represent its lost sailors and Marines. Each perfectly aligned marble standard symbolizes an individual in pristine white dress uniform, inspired from the naval tradition of ‘manning the rails.' In full dress whites the ship's crew stand at attention along the rails or in the rigging of the ship to display respect and honor. The marble standards of this memorial stand perfectly straight, ‘manning the rails' of the Oklahoma, forever.
Everett Severinson's white marble standards is in Row 4.