FALLEN
World War II
Seaman 1st Class Earl E. Tuntland
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 10, 1941 / Age: 22
Seaman Tuntland was gravely injured in the Pearl Harbor attacks and died 3 days later of his wounds.
Fireman 1c Charles R. Casto
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 19
Killed in action on the USS Oklahoma. Remains accounted for on November 21, 2016. by DPAA
RM2c Walter H. Backman
Wilton, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 22
Killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. His body was recovered July 17, 2017.
Electrician's Mate 3C Glen E. Nicholson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Died in MIA status. Killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains Not recovered.Â
Private Byron G. Elliott
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 20
Killed in action during the Pearl Harbor attack in Hickham Field, Hawaii
Fireman 1c Edward D. Johnson
New Rockford, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Crew member aboard the USS Oklahoma, killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.
Fireman 1c Lawrence H. Fecho
Upham, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oklahoma
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 20
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Radioman 2c Floyd Arthur Wells
Cavalier, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Remains identified in 2020. returned to North Dakota September 2020.
Seaman 1c Joseph Schdowski
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. USS Arizona. Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.Â
PFC James A. Krahn
Langdon, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Aboard USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Electrician's Mate 3C Richard S. Sherven
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 20
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor. USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
S1c Vernon J. Eidsvig
Kathryn, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Utah
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 20
Served aboard the USS Utah and was reported MIA following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.Â
Boatswain's Mate 1st Petty Officer Elmer L. Carpenter
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS California
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 33
Died in service in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Corporal Edwin C. Borusky
Langdon, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Aboard USS Arizona during attack on Pearl Harbor. Remains not recovered.
Coxswain Fred Zimmerman
Cleveland, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age:
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor. USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.Â