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Illinois Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack accounted for The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 1 st Class Robert J. Harr, 25, of Dallas City, Illinois, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 12, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Harr was assigned to the battleship USS  Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS  Oklahoma sustained multiple torp...

According to DPAA, the men were all assigned to the Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when it was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen. Related