Service members who survived the Pearl Harbor attack, from left to right: Paul Goodyear, USS Oklahoma; Dale Augerson, USS West Virginia; Gerald Ross, USS Blue; John Seelie, Schofield Barracks; and Ralph Krafnick, USS New Orleans.
NPS
The List of Service Members
This page honors the brave men who survived the attack on the USS Arizona during the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Their names symbolize the resilience and courage shown on that tragic day. Each name represents a life forever connected to the legacy of the USS Arizona and the events that shaped our history.
USS Arizona Survivors: December 7, 1941
United States Navy
Charles A. Amacher, Sea1c
John D. Anderson, BM2c
Walter F. Bagby, SF3c
Masten A. Ball, F1c
Galen O. Ballard, F1c
DeWayne Barth, BM1c
Edward F. Bass, F2c
William N. Baumeister, ACMM
Harvey H. Becker, GM2c
Edwin W. Bemis, Sea1c
Earl D. Bennett, GM3c
George A. Berdollt, FC3c
Leroy A. Bird, CTC
Estelle Birdsell, MM1
Daniel T. Birtwell, Lt. Comdr.
Edward R. Bodey, BM2c
Andrew J. Bowen, Jr., CMM
Harry F. Bradshaw, Sea1c
John Braydis, Sea1c
Gene R. Brown,Sea1c
Robert J. Browning, Sea2c
John F. Bruce, GM3c
Lauren F. Bruner, FC3c
Martin B. Bruns, Y2c
Herbert V. Buehl, F3c
Jimmie C. Burcham, Sea1c
Leland Burk, GM3c
William J. Bush, Ens
Ralph D. Byard, CCStd
Frank M. Campbell, Ens
George K. Campbell, CTC
Ray C. Carlson, Sea2c
Carl M. Carson, Sea1c
Edwin R. Chandler, Sea1c
Noel B. Chapman, Sea2c
William R. Chappell, Sea1c
Harlan C. Christinasen, Sea2c
Gordon P. Chung-Hoon, Lt.
Marion H. Clouser, GM1c
George W. Coburn, Sea1c
Charles W. Coker, Lt.
Clyde J. Combs, Sea1c
Daniel J. Condon, Lt(jg)
Louis A. Conter, QM3c
Lonnie D. Cook, Sea1c
Lloyd E. Coole, Sea1c
Norman W. Coplin, Sea1c
Ralph V. L. Corbin, Sea1c
Lyle R. Cornelius, Sea2c
Ray C. Cosby, Sea1c
John M. Cox, Jr., Lt. Comdr.
Francis B. G. Cozad, Sea2c
Lee R. Crothers, BM1c
Henry M. Cruz, MAtt1c
Donald A. Culp, Sea2c
Anthony F. Czarnecki, MM1c
Alfred E. Daniel, GM1c
James A. Dare, Ens.
Carl E. Davis, GM3c
Elvin C. Davis, Sea1c
Henry D. Davison, Ens.
William E. Dean, BM1c
John D. Dearing, WT2c
Deward Decker, Cox
Joseph C. Deserano, Mldr1c
William C. A. Dickerson, RM2c
Merle E. Dickinson, GM3c
Clarence J. Dobson, GM3c
John A. Doherty, CGM
Timothy A. Donegan, Prtr1c
John W. Doucett, GM3c
Henry B. Duncan, FC3c
Tommie W. Duncan, BM2c
Kenneth E. Edmondson, Cox
Paul H. Egan, FC3c
Merle Elkins, Sea1c
Lawrence E. Elliott, MM1c
George W. Ellis, SC1c
James R. Enos, Sea2c
Weldon V. Eskew, MM1c
John W. Evans, Sea1c
Elmer E. Eversole, Sea1c
Lawrence O. Eyman, Sea1c
Francis M. Falge, Lt.
Lawrence A. Farquhar, FC2c
Paul H. Faulkner, Sea1c
Lawrence E. Fay, GM3c
Nathaniel Felton, MAtt1c
Jennings P. Field, Ens.
William R. Finger, SM1c
Harry L. Fitch, Ens.
Guy S. Flanagan, Jr., Ens.
Wendell L. Flannery, Cox
Dale F. Flory, WT2c
James L. Forbis, Cox
James P. Foster, Jr., Sea1c
Ralph E. Fowler, BM1c
Robert D. Fowler, Sea2c
Glen Frazier, CGM
Everett E. Frye, Sea1c
Samuel G. Fuqua, Lt. Comdr.
William F. Gallagher, CEM
Jerome H. Garfield, Ens.
Walter J. Gaskins, Sea1c
Harold W. Gaut, Sea1c
Ellis H. Geiselman, Comdr.
Claud C. Gibson, Sea1c
Arthur B. Gilbert, Sea1c
Charles M. Gillem, Sea1c
Charles E. Gillenwater, Sea1c
David W. Gillespie, Sea1c
Richard C. Glenn, Ens.
William J. Goldsberry, Sea1c
Donald E. Gordon, GM2c
William E. Goshen, Sea1c
Leon Grabowsky, Ens.
Donald A. Graham, AMM1c
James V. Gray, Sea1c
Clay D. Green, Jr., Sea1c
James W. Green, GM3c
George E. Grim, GM1c
Charles W. Guerin, Jr., Sea1c
Andrew Guna, BM1c
Howard G. Haerling, BM1c
Raymond J. Haerry, Cox
Elsworth F. Hamilton, ACMM
James E. Hamilton, Sea1c
Vernon Hand, Sea1c
Paul E. Hargis, Y3c
Oliver V. Harr, MM1c
Allen B. Harrell, Sea1c
Henry S. Harris, Sea1c
John D. Harris, Sea1c
James W. Hart, F1c
Alfred J. Hartland, Sea1c
Richard Hauff, GM3c
Douglas Hein, Ens.
Robert H. Heinz, Sea1c
Robert M. Hendon, CGM
John W. Henry, Ens.
Clarendon R. Hetrick, Sea1c
Richard H. Hill, Y2c
John H. Hinton, CSM
Clarence O. Hjelle, Sea2c
Fred M. Holland, Sea1c
Roy W. Holmes, Sea1c
Alfred J. Homann, Lt.
Woodrow R. Hooks, Sea2c
Clifford C. Hooper, RM2c
John P. Howatt, Ens.
James C. Hughes, Sea1c
Lester D. Hull, Sea1c
Milton T. Hurst, AMM3c
Edward F. Hutchins, Lt.
Peter Huzar, WT1c
Charles E. Hyslope, F1c
Donald Inselman, Sea1c
Edward J. Janikowski, Cox
Warren E. Jeffers, Sea1c
Donald R. Johnson, Sea1c
Neil F. Johnson, Cox
Brooxey J. Johnston, Jr., GM3c
Hubert H. Jones, CWT
Joe F. Karb, CWT
C. H. Keener, GM3c
Carl E. Keffer, Sea1c
Bruce K. Kelley, Lt. Comdr
Guy D. Kirk, Sea1c
Walter M. Kissinger, MM1c
Harold J. Kuhn, Sea1c
Stanley R. Kurtz, Sea1c
James D. Lancaster, Sea1c
Ralph W. Landreth, GM2c
Glenn H. Lane, RM3c
Joseph K. Langdell, Ens.
Thomas H. Lawrence, Sea1c
James L. Lawson, GM3c
Leonard G. Lawson, Sea1c
Lindsay R. Leighton, WT1c
Louis Lencses, GM3c
George B. Lenning, Ens.
Curtis J. Leopard, BM1c
William E. Lewis, Lt.(jg)(MC)
Jack L. Lindsey, Sea1c
Russell A. Lott, Sea1c
Steven J. Lukasavitz, Sea1c
Donald E. MacQueen, Ens.
Billy B. Mainwaring, F3c
John Malaski, Sea1c
Everett A. Malcolm, Ens.
Joseph Mancuso, Sea1c
Charles C. Mann, Lt.
Harry B. Marcum, CEM
Edward J. Marks, Cox
Kleber S. Masterson, Lt.
Herbert Mattlage, Ens.
John H. McCarron, GM2c
Don E. McDonald, Sea1c
Charles W. McFall, GM1c
Kenneth K. McKenna, SM1c
Earle T. Melvin, CFC
John H. Metcalf, Sea2c
Thomas W. Migliaccio, Sea2c
Harvey H. Milhorn, GM3c
Jim D. Miller, Ens.
Donald H. Millikin, Sea2c
James H. Mini, Lt.(jg)
Stanley R. Mode, EM1c
Rolland E. Mommer, BM2c
Thomas D. Murdock, CY
Clay H. Musick, Sea1c
Jack C. Mylan, SM2c
Grady L. Nelson, Jr., Sea2c
Bobby E. Newell, Sea2c
John E. Nichols, RM1c
Stanley J. Niemara, Sea1c
Edward F. J. O. Brion, Sea1c
Harold E. Oliphant, GM3c
Vernon J. Olsen, Sea1c
William D. Osborne, Jr., Sea1c
Robert H. Osmond, FC3c
Vernon M. Osterberg, Ens.
Clarence W. Otterman, GM2c
Paul R. Owen, Sea1c
Patrocinio Pablo, OS1c
Louis J. Pacitti, GM3c
William Parker, Sea1c
Earl H. Pecotte, GM2c
William J. Peil, BM2c
Seth H. Perry, Sea2c
Berwyn R. Phipps, SF2c
George D. Phraner, Sea2c
George F. Pittard, Lt.
Robert L. Pitz, Sea1c
Francis L. Pollack, SC3c
Stanley H. Port, Jr., Cox
Ernest M. Posey, MM1c
Howard K. Potts, Cox
Alfred A. Pousson, Sea2c
Richard W. Probst, Sea1c
Louis A. Puckett, Comdr.(SC)
William R. Purvis, F3c
Wallace F. Quillin, Sea1c
Carl F. Rahn, Jr., Sea1c
John W. Rampley, GM3c
Millard A. Ramsdell, Ens.
Everett O. Reid, MM1c
Eldon R. Reifert, Cox
Maurice D. Rider, BM1c
William H. Ridley, RM3c
Earl W. Riner, GM3c
Lewis P. Robinson, Sea1c
John P. Rourke, Sea1c
Welton D. Rowley, Lt. Comdr.
Fred L. Ruhlman, Lt.
Jack I. Sadler, Sea2c
Joseph S. Sadowski, Sea1c
Elmer L. Sanders, GM1c
Robert I. Sargent, Jr., Sea2c
Herman L. Schafer, Jr., Ens.
Anthony R. Schubert, Ens.
William J. Schumacher, WT1c
Robert F. Seeley, Sea2c
John J. Shaffer, III, Lt.
Ernest M. Shawn, GM3c
Joseph Shebak, Sea1c
Martin L. Shew, MM2c
Claude W. Simmons, Jr., Sea1c
Clyde C. Smith, CEM
Harold F. Smith, BM2c
Roscoe B. Smith, GM3c
William H. Smith, Jr., Cox
Rutherford H. Snow, WT1c
Thomas W. Stanborough, Jr., Sea1c
Don H. Starks, MM1c
Bernald H. Stoffer, AMM1c
Donald G. Stratton, Sea1c
Herbert R. Strong, Cox
Jean M. Stuart, Sea1c
Aubry R. Sullivan, Cox
Laurence E. Tagtmeyer, Ch Gun
Murray L. Tapp, Sea2c
Stanley M. Teslow, GM2c
Steven J. Thoma, EM3c
Norman Thompson, Mach
Glenwood O.Trantham, BM1c
Vernon A. Travioli, Sea2c
Edward D. Tucker, Bm2c
Richard N. Turner, Jr., Sea1c
Edward L. Van Winkle, F2c
Keith L. Velia, Sea2c
James A. Vessels, GM3c
Daniel Vidal, Matt1c
Vincent J. Vlach, Jr., Y1c
Charles A. Von Spreckelsen, Ptr2c
Edmund L. Urbaniak, Ch Carp
Robert E. Wagner, Sea1c
Rudolph L. Wagner, CBM
James E. Walker, QM2c
Homan L. Walsh, Ens.(SC)
James R. Ward, Sea1c
Kenneth T. Warriner, Sea2c
Russell W. Warriner, Sea1c
Joseph H. Washington, Matt1c
Howard L. Watson, BM1c
Richard D. Weaver, BM1c
Frank Welch, Jr., Ens.
Oree C. Weller, Sea2c
Harold L. Wells, Sea1c
Eddie C. Welter, Sea1c
Edward L. Wentzlaff, AOM2c
Mark A. West, CMM
Clinton H. Westbrook, Sea1c
Thomas A. White, BM2c
John F. Williams, GM3c
Charles L. Wilson, Sea1c
Harold G. Wilson, Jr., F2c
James L. Wise, Sea1c
Edward A. Zadik, Sea2c
United States Marines
John M. Baker, Sgt
Edward J. Braham, PFC
Frank R. Cabiness, PFC
Edward J. Carter, PlatSgt
James E. Cory, Pvt1c
John P. Coursey, 1stLt.
Lamar S. Crawford, Pvt1c
John H. Earle, Jr., Capt.
Kenneth D. Goodman, Pvt1c
Charles L. Hardy, Pvt
Russell J. McCurdy, Pvt
Earl C. Nightingale, Cpl
Alan Shapley, Maj
Michael Soley, Cpl
Donald G. Young, Pvt1c
Last updated: September 20, 2024
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