Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii conduct a funeral for Navy Musician 2nd Class Charlton Hanna Ferguson, 19, of Kosciusko, Missouri at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 9, 2021. Ferguson was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when it sustained fire from Japanese aircraft and multiple torpedo hits. The result of the attack capsized the battleship causing the deaths of 429 crew members on Dec. 7, 1941, at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. Ferguson was identified Dec. 17, 2020 through DNA analysis by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) forensic labor
Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii conduct a funeral for Navy Musician 2nd Class Charlton Hanna Ferguson, 19, of Kosciusko, Missouri at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 9, 2021. Ferguson was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when it sustained fire from Japanese aircraft and multiple torpedo hits. The result of the attack capsized the battleship causing the deaths of 429 crew members on Dec. 7, 1941, at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. Ferguson was identified Dec. 17, 2020 through DNA analysis by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) forensic laboratory and laid to rest with full military honors.
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