Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Casualties
Sunday, December 7, 1941


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  At dawn on December 7, 1941 more than half of the United States Pacific Fleet, approximately 150 vessels and service craft, lay at anchor or alongside piers in Pearl Harbor. All but one of the Pacific fleet's battleships were in port that morning, most of them moored to quays flanking Ford Island. By 10:00 a.m. the tranquil Sunday calm had been shattered, 21 vessels lay sunk or damaged, the fighting backbone of the fleet apparently broken. Smoke from burning planes and hangers filled the sky. Oil from sinking ships clogged the harbor. Death was everywhere.
  The fleet in Pearl Harbor, the focus of the attack, suffered the greatest loss; almost half the total casualties occurred when the USS Arizona blew up. Army, Navy, Army Air Force, and Marine Corps facilities across the length and breadth of Oahu, from Kaneohe to haleiwa to Malakole, bore their share of death and destruction. Hickam, Wheeler, and Bellows Army Air Force bases lost 217 men and 77 aircraft. Naval Air Stations at Ford Island and Kaneohe lost 19 men. Pacific Fleet naval aircraft losses in total, were 92. At Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, 4 men were killed and 33 aircraft were destroyed. Civilians from Waikiki to Pearl City were killed by exploding anti-aircraft munitions (friendly fire).
  In the first hours of America's Pacific war, the nation suffered one of her worst wartime losses: 2,388 men, women, and children were killed in the attack. The targets of attack were naval ships and military facilities throughout Oahu. The number of casualties suffered by each ship and facility is enumerated below.
  This lists persons, military and civilians, who died as a result of the attack or were killed later that day in the performance of their duties. The listing of servicemen is by branch of service and duty station. The list of civilians is by location. Sailors and marines killed on board the USS Arizona are listed in the USS Arizona Casualty list.

  Military Ranks and Ratings Key


Death Totals




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  Civilians Various Locations 48
  United States ArmyCamp Malakole 3

Fort Barrette 1

Fort Kamehameha 5

Fort Shafter 1

Fort Weaver 1

Schofield Barracks 5
  United States Army Air ForceBellows Field 2

Hickam Field 182

Wheeler Field 33
  United States Marine CorpsEwa Marine Corps Air Station 4

USS Arizona 73

USS California 4

USS Helena1

SS Nevada 7

USS Oklahoma 14

USS Pennsylvania 6
  United States NavyFord Island Naval Air Station1

Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station18

Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital 1

Naval Mobile Hospital #2 1

USS Arizona 1,104

USS California 98

USS Chew 2

USS Curtiss 21

USS Dobbin 4

USS Downes 12

USS Enterprise 11

USS Helena 33

USS Maryland 4

USS Nevada 50

USS Oklahoma 415

USS Pennsylvania 18

USS Pruitt 1

USS Shaw 24

USS Sicard 1

USS Tennessee 5

USS Tracy 3

USS Utah 58

USS Vestal 7

USS West Virginia 106

Military Ranks and Ratings Key
The abbreviations correspond to rank and ratings that appear on the casualty list and were in use at the time of the attack in December 1941.

U.S. Army and Marine Corps Ranks
1st Lt = First Lieutenant2d Lt = Second LieutenantMSgt = Master Sergeant1st Sgt = First Sergeant
TSgt = Technical SergeantSSgt = Staff SergeantSgt = SergeantCpl = Corporal
PFC = Private First ClassPvt = Private


U.S. Navy Ranks and Rates, Commissioned Officers
Capt (CO) = Captain (Commanding Officer)Lt. Comdr = Lieutenant Commander
Lt. = LieutenantLt. (jg) = Lieutenant Junior Grade
Lt. (jg)(ChC) = Lieutenant Junior Grade, Chaplain CorpsLt. (jg)(MC) = Lieutenant Junior Grade, Medical Corps
Ens = Ensign

U.S. Navy Ranks and Rates, Warrant Officers
Chf Bosn = Chief BoatswainChf Carp = Chief Carpenter
Chf Pay Clk = Chief Pay ClerkChf Radio Elec = Chief Radio Electrician
Mach = Machinist

U.S. Navy Ranks and Rates, Enlisted
1c = First Class 2c = Second Class3c = Third Class (AA) = Acting Appointment
(PA) = Permanent AppointmentAM = Aviation MachinistAMM = Aviation Machinist's MateAOM = Aviation Ordnance Man
AS = Apprentice Seaman Bgmstr = BuglemasterBkr = Baker BM = Boatswain's Mate
Bmkr = Boilermaker Bug = BuglerCBM = Chief Boatswain's Mate CBmstr = Chief Bandmaster
CCM = Chief Carpenter's MateCCStd = Chief Commissary StewardCEM = Chief Electrician's MateCFC = Chief Fire Controlman
CGM =Chief Gunner's MateCM = Carpenter's MateCMM = Chief Machinist's MateCMsmth = Chief Metalsmith
Cox = Coxswain CPhM = Chief Pharmacist's MateCQM = Chief Quartermaster CRM = Chief Radioman
CSF = Chief Shipfitter CSK = Chief StorekeeperCSM = Chief Signalman CTC = Chief Turret Captain
CWT = Chief Watertender CY = Chief YeomanEM = Electrician's Mate F = Fireman
FC = Fire Controlman GM = Gunner's MateHA = Hospital Apprentice MAtt = Mess Attendant
Mldr = Molder MM = Machinist's MateMsmth = Metalsmith Mus = Musician
OC = Officer's Cook OS = Officer's StewardPhM = Pharmacist's Mate Pmkr = Patternmaker
Prtr = Printer Ptr = PainterQM = Quartermaster RM = Radioman
Sea = Seaman SC = Ship's CookSF = Shipfitter SK = Storekeeper
SM = Signalman TM = Torpedoman's MateWT = Watertender Y = Yeoman

Civilian

WhereName Age
Ewa Oda,Yaeko Lillian6

Tacderan, Francisco 34
HonoluluAdams, John Kalauwae 18

Adams, Joseph Kanehoa 50

Arakaki, Nancy Masako 8

Chong, Patrick Kahamokupuni 30

Faufata, Matilda Kaliko 12

Gonsalves, Emma 34

Harada, Ai 54

Hatate, Kisa 41

Higa, Fred Masayoshi 21

Hirasaki, Jackie Yoneto 8

Hirasaki, Jitsuo 48

Hirasaki, Robert Yoshito 3

Hirasaki, Shirley Kinue 2

Inamine, Paul S. 19

Izumi, Robert Seiko 25

Kahookele, David 23

Kondo, Edward Koichi19

Lopes, Peter Souza 33

Manganelli, George Jay 14

McCabe, Joseph, Sr. 43

Nagamine, Masayoshi 27

Ohashi, Frank 29

Ohta, Hayako 19

Ohta, Janet Yumiko 3 months

Ohta, Kiyoko 21

Ornellas, Barbara June 8

Ornellas, Gertrude 16

Takefuji,James Takao, aka Koba 20

Tokusato, Yoshio 19

Uyeno, Hisao 20

White, Alice 42

Wilson, Eunice 7 months
John Rodgers AirportTyce, Robert H. 38
Kaneohe Bay Naval Air StationKookano, Kamiko 35

Lee, Isaac William 21
Pearl CityFoster, Rowena Kamohaulani 3
WahiawaKim, Chip Soon 66

Soma, Richard Masaru 22
WaipahuKimura, Tomoso 19
Honolulu Fire Department, Hickam FieldCarriera, John 51

Macy, Thomas Samuel 59

Pang, Harry Tuck Lee 30
Federal Government Employees, Hickam FieldAkina, August 37

Eldred, Philip Ward 36
Federal Government Employees, Pearl HarborLoo, Tai Chung 19
Federal Government Employees, Red HillLaVerne, Daniel 25

United States Army

Camp Malakole F Battery 251st Coast Artillery (AA) Blackwell, Henry C., Sgt


Brown, Clyde C., Cpl


Rasmussen, Warren D., Sgt
Note: Camp Malakole soldiers were shot down by Japanese planes over John Rodgers Airport while taking flying lessons



Fort BarretteC Battery 15th Coast ArtilleryMedlen, Joseph A., Spl
Fort Kamehameha C Battery 41st Coast ArtilleryBryant, Claude L., Cpt


Bubb, Eugene B., Pvt


DaTorre, Oreste, PFC


Duquette, Donat G., Jr., Pvt

C Battery 55th Coast ArtillerySullivan, Edward F., Pvt
Fort ShafterE Battery 64th Coast Artillery (AA)Favreau, Arthur A., PFC
Fort Weaver97th Coast Artillery (AA)Sylvester, William G., 1st Lt., Killed is a car while driving through Hickam Field
Schofield BarracksL Company 21st Infantry Fadon, Paul J., Sgt, Killed in a truck accident 10 miles north of Schofield Barracks

HQ BTY 63rd Field ArtilleryLewis, Theodore J., Cpt

89th Field ArtilleryFrench, Walter R., Pvt

A Battery 98th Field ArtilleryKujawa, Conrad, PFC, Killed in an accidental electrocution

D Company 298th InfantryMigita, Torao, Pvt, Killed in downtown Honolulu by "friendly fire"

United States Army Air Force

Bellows Field44th Pursuit SquadronChristiansen, Hans C., 2d Lt


Whiteman, George A., 2d Lt.
Hickam Field4th Reconnaissance SquadronCarlson, Lawrence R., Pvt


Meahger, Donald F., Cpl


Schleifer, Louis, PFC

HQ Sqd 5th Bombardment GroupBolan, George P., SSgt


Dickerson, Richard A., Cpl


Hays, Alfred, Pvt


Livingston, Richard E., Pvt


Martin, George M., Jr., Sgt

7th Aircraft Squadron (Weather)Borgelt, Harold W., Cpl


Dyer, Daniel A., Jr., TSgt


Levine, Sherman, PFC


Topalian, James M., Cpl

HQ Sqd 11th Bombardment GroupAvery, Robert L., Cpl


Brown, Robert S., Pvt


Cashman, Edward J., TSgt


Chapman, Donal V., PFC


Clark, Monroe M., SSgt


Gooding, Robert H., Pvt


Horner, James A., PFC


Howard, George F., PFC


Lyons, Lawrence P., Jr., Pvt


Martin, Wallae {Wallace?} R., 1st Sgt


Merithew, William W., PFC


Moran, George A., Pvt


Reuss, Herman C., TSgt


Richey, Robert M., 1st Lt


Smith, Harry E., Pvt


Vernick, Edward F., PFC


Zaczkiewicz, Marion H., PFC

HQ Sqd 17th Air Base GroupAngelich, Jerry M., Pvt


Brummwell, Malcolm J., 1st Lt


Downs, Jack A., Pvt


Eichelberger, Paul R., Pvt


Field, Arnold E., Pvt


Jedrysik, Joseph, Pvt


Kinder, Andrew J., Pvt


McLaughlin, Herbert E., Pvt


Morris, Emmett E., Cpl


Nelles, Joseph F., PFC


Orr, Willard C., PFC


Rogness, Halvor E., Pvt


Surrells, Leo H., Pvt

18th Air Base SquadronBush, Joseph, Pvt


Couhig, John H., Pvt


Elyard, Harold C., SSgt


Fairchild, Willard E., Pvt


Fellman, Paul V., SSgt


Ferris, Homer E., TSgt


Fiander, Stuart H., Pvt


Gleason, James J., PFC


Klein, Otto C., Pvt


Lord, Harry W., Jr., Pvt


Malatak, Joseph, Pvt


Penny, Russell M., Pvt


Rae, Allen G., Pvt


Smith, George J., PFC


South, Elmer W., Pvt


Tibbets, Hermann K., Jr., Pvt


Tuckerman, George W., Pvt


Vanderelli, Martin, Pvt


Wardigo, Walter H., Pvt


Woodworth, Lawton J., Pvt


Wright, Thomas M., Pvt


Young, Virgil J., Pvt

HQ Sqd 18th Bombardment WingAnderson, Garland C., Pvt


Anderson, Manfred C., Pvt


Bennett, Gordon R., Jr., Pvt


Boswell, Frank G., Pvt


Cooper, Frank B., Pvt


Cruthirds, John E., PFC


Duff, Robert C., Jr., Pvt


Edwards, Lyle O., Pvt


Gallagher, Russell E., Pvt


Gossard, James E., Jr., PFC


Greene, Johon S., 1st Lt


Hood, Earl A., Pvt


Joyner, Theodore K., Pvt


Lepper, Edmund B., Sgt


Meadows, Durward A., PFC


Needham, LaVerne J., Cpl


Staton, Paul L., Pvt


Tennison, Anderson G., PFC

19th Transport SquadronAnderson, William T., Cpl


Blakley, William T., Pvt


Defenbaugh, Russell C., Pvt


Guttmann, Joseph H., Pvt


Horan, John J., Pvt


Johnson, Carl A., Pvt


Johnson, Olaf A., PFC


Kimmey, Doyle, SSgt


Lewis, James I., PFC


McAbee, William E., PFC


McLeod, Stanley A., Sgt


Zuckoff, Walter D., Pvt

22nd Materiel SquadronBoyle, Arthur F., Pvt


Brandt, Billy O., SSgt


Brower, Rennie V., Jr., Pvt


Brownlee, William J., Pvt


Brubaker, Brooks J., Pvt


Burlison, Weldon C., Pvt


Church, Leroy R., Pvt


Feldman, Jack H., Pvt


Gagne, Leo E. A., Pvt


Goudy, Allen E. W., Pvt


Hasenfuss, William E., Jr.,PFC


Johnson, James R., Pvt


Johnson, Robert H., Pvt


King, Marion E., Jr., Pvt


Klubertanz, Roderick O., Pvt


Mann, John H., SSgt


McClintock, James J., PFC


Messam, Horace A., PFC


Meyers, Victor L., Pvt


Mitchell, Edwin N., Cpl


Philipsky, Thomas F., PFC


Shields, William F., Pvt


Smith, Ralph S., PFC


Sparks, John B., PFC


Staples, Merton I., Pvt


Szematowicz, Jerome J., PFC


Timmerman, William F., Pvt


Walker, Ernest M., Jr., Pvt

23rd Bombardment SquadronClendenning, Lee I., PFC


Coster, Richard L., Pvt


Elliott, Byron G., Pvt


Hislop, William, PFC


Lusk, Howard N., Pvt


Moorhead, Lionel J., PFC

23rd Materiel SquadronCampiglia, Francis E., Pvt


Martin, Herbert B., 1Sgt


Moser, Joseph G., Pvt


Posey, Frank St. E., TSgt


Powell, Raymond E., TSgt


Rhodes, William T., PFC


St. Germain, Maurice J., Pvt


Strickland, James E., Jr., Pvt


Zappala, Joseph S., Pvt


Zuschlag, Walter J., SSgt

26th Bombardment SquadronBonnie, Felix, SSgt


Conant, Clarence A., Pvt


DePolis, Frank J., SSgt


Finney, Patrick L., Cpl


Gummerson, Elwood R., SSgt


Kechner, Vincent J., Pvt


Markley, Robert H., 2d Lt


Pietzsch, Jay E., 2d Lt


Tafoya, Antonio S., Cpl


Westbrook, Robert H., Jr., Pvt

31st Bombardment SquadronFox, Jack W., PFC


Lango, Frank J., Pvt


Northway, William M., Pvt


Wegrzyn, Felix S., Pvt

38th Reconnaissance SquadronSchick, William R., 1st Lt

42nd Bombardment SquadronBeasley, Leland V., ?


Coyne, William, Jr., PFC


Denson, Eugene B., PFC


Garrett, Robert R., Cpl


Hrusecky, Charles L., Pvt


Jencuis, Joseph N., Pvt


Kelley, Robert R., PFC


Perry, Hal H., Jr., Pvt


Stockwell, Carey K., Pvt

50th Reconnaissance SquadronAlois, Ralph, SSgt


Dasenbrock, Louis H., Pvt


Haughey, John T., Pvt.


Hoyt, Clarence E., PFC


Humphrey, Henry J., SSgt


Libolt, Lester H., Cpl


Mattox, Harell K., PFC


Offutt, William H., Cpl

72nd Bombardment SquadronHughes, Edward R., Pvt


Kohl, John J., PFC


Price, George, Pvt

1st Photo Group, attached to Ferry CommandMoslener, Louis G., Jr., 2d Lt


Powloski, Daniel J., Pvt
NOTE: 1st Photo Group airmen, originally attached to the 44th Bomb Group, arrived in Hawaii two days prior to the attack to outfit their plane for a secret Photo mission. They were killed on the ground and their B-24 was destroyed near Hangar 15



Wheeler Field46th Pursuit SquadronPlant, Donald D., Pvt


Sterling, Gordon H., Jr., 2d Lt

47th Pursuit SquadronDains, John L., 2d Lt, Shot down by "friendly fire"

72nd Pursuit SquadronBurns, Edward J., 1st Sgt


Cashen, Malachy J., Cpl


Cebert, Dean W., Pvt


Creech, William C., PFC


Everett, James, SSgt


Free, Paul B., SSgt


Good, Joseph E., SSgt


Guthrie, James E., SSgt


Hull, Robert L., Pvt


Leslie, George G., Pvt


Price, John A, SSgt

73rd Pursuit SquadronBarksdale, James M., SSgt

78th Pursuit SquadronHoran, Vincent M., Cpl


Stacey, Morris E., Sgt

United States Marine Corps

USS California BB-44, BattleshipBlount, John A., Jr., PFC


Lee, Roy E., Jr., Pvt


Shook, Shelby C., Pvt


Wallen, Earl D., PFC
USS Helena CL-50, Light CruiserJohnson, George E., PFC
USS Nevada BB-36, BattleshipBritton, Thomas A., Cpl


Heath, Francis C. , PFC


King, Orveil V., Jr., PFC


Lunsford, Jack L., PFC


Morrissey, Edward F., PFC


Smith, Keith V., Pvt


Trujillo, Richard I., PFC
USS Oklahoma BB-37, BattleshipArthurholtz, Marley R., PFC


Black, Waldean, Pvt


Collier, Walter L., PFC


Cremean, Alva J., PFC


Drefahl, Elmer E., Cpl


Gaver, Harry H., Jr., 2d Lt


Hall, Ted, Pvt


Henry, Otis W., Pvt


Holmes, Robert K., PFC


Keaton, Vernon P., Pvt


Middleswart, John F., PFC


Peak, Robert H., Pvt


Pennington, Raymond, Pvt


Taylor, Charles R., PFC
USS Pennsylvania BB-38, BattleshipBarron, Thomas N., Cpl


Nations, Morris E., Cpl


Stewart, Floyd D., PFC


Tobin, Patrick P., PFC


Vincent, Jesse C., Jr., Cpl


Wade, George H., Jr., PFC
Ewa Marine Corps Air Station Marine Aircraft Group 21,
Headquarters and Service Squadron 21
Lutschan, William E., Jr., Sgt

Scouting-Bombing Squadron 231Turner, William G., Pvt

Scouting-Bombing Squadron 232Lawrence, Edward S., PFC

Utility Squadron 252Micheletto, Carlo A., Sgt


Sources: Government Records and the USS Arizona Memorial, National Park Service, Department of the Interior <http://www.nps.gov/usar/PHcas.html>




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