Pearl Harbor John Doe is a serviceman who was killed when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbor Attack[]
At about 7:48 AM on December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service conducted a surprise military strike against the United States at the naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This serviceman was killed in the attack on the USS West Virginia. His remains were located, but not identified. As a result, he is likely considered Missing in Action while his remains were buried in Section A, site 86 of the Punchbowl at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Overall, 2,335 Americans, 106 on the USS West Virginia, were killed in the attack. The surprise attack led to US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to declare December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy". The following day, the US Congress declared war on Japan which led to the United States' formal entry into World War II.
As of December 6, 2019, twenty-seven of the thirty-five unidentified remains found on the USS West Virginia remain unidentified.