Centotaph - died at Pearl Harbor
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Harold Eugene Bates grew up in Rush Center Kansas. Fireman First Class Bates was serving aboard the USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1941 when the attack occurred. The Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes and capsized within minutes. More than four-hundred fifty sailors and Marines aboard the Oklahoma perished in the attack. His remains were never identified but he is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. A monument to Bates stands in Locust Hill Cemetery in Rush Center at his parents' gravesite. Two other Rush County residents perished that day, brothers Wesley and Marvin Becker of Nekoma.
Important news about Harold Eugene Bates
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Bates, H.)
Press Operations
Release No: 21-037
March 24, 2021
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 1st Class Harold E. Bates, 27, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 5, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Bates 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 torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Bates.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Bates's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeKFEA0.
Contributor: Connie Schwindt Rumold (47931842)
See USS Oklahoma Memorial
Harold Eugene Bates grew up in Rush Center Kansas. Fireman First Class Bates was serving aboard the USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1941 when the attack occurred. The Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes and capsized within minutes. More than four-hundred fifty sailors and Marines aboard the Oklahoma perished in the attack. His remains were never identified but he is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. A monument to Bates stands in Locust Hill Cemetery in Rush Center at his parents' gravesite. Two other Rush County residents perished that day, brothers Wesley and Marvin Becker of Nekoma.
Important news about Harold Eugene Bates
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Bates, H.)
Press Operations
Release No: 21-037
March 24, 2021
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 1st Class Harold E. Bates, 27, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 5, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Bates 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 torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Bates.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Bates's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeKFEA0.
Contributor: Connie Schwindt Rumold (47931842)
Centotaph - died at Pearl Harbor
See USS Oklahoma Memorial
Harold Eugene Bates grew up in Rush Center Kansas. Fireman First Class Bates was serving aboard the USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1941 when the attack occurred. The Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes and capsized within minutes. More than four-hundred fifty sailors and Marines aboard the Oklahoma perished in the attack. His remains were never identified but he is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. A monument to Bates stands in Locust Hill Cemetery in Rush Center at his parents' gravesite. Two other Rush County residents perished that day, brothers Wesley and Marvin Becker of Nekoma.
Important news about Harold Eugene Bates
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Bates, H.)
Press Operations
Release No: 21-037
March 24, 2021
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 1st Class Harold E. Bates, 27, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 5, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Bates 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 torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Bates.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Bates's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeKFEA0.
Contributor: Connie Schwindt Rumold (47931842)
See USS Oklahoma Memorial
Harold Eugene Bates grew up in Rush Center Kansas. Fireman First Class Bates was serving aboard the USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1941 when the attack occurred. The Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes and capsized within minutes. More than four-hundred fifty sailors and Marines aboard the Oklahoma perished in the attack. His remains were never identified but he is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. A monument to Bates stands in Locust Hill Cemetery in Rush Center at his parents' gravesite. Two other Rush County residents perished that day, brothers Wesley and Marvin Becker of Nekoma.
Important news about Harold Eugene Bates
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Bates, H.)
Press Operations
Release No: 21-037
March 24, 2021
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 1st Class Harold E. Bates, 27, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 5, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Bates 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 torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Bates.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Bates's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeKFEA0.
Contributor: Connie Schwindt Rumold (47931842)
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