Died in Pearl Harbor during the war.
Age: 22
Navy Seaman First Class aboard the USS Oklahoma
Missing in action durng the attack on Pearl Harbor
Awarded the Purple Heart
Picture is from the Memorial wall at Pearl Harbor
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WATERLOO DAILY COURIER, WATERLOO, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1943, PAGE SEVENTEEN
OSAGE COUPLE GIVEN DECORATION AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY TO SON
Osage, Ia.--Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arickx of Mitchell have received the Purple Heart award, posthumously awarded to their son, Leon Arickx, seaman first class, who lost his life in action at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. The certificate of award and the purple heart medal were sent by Frank Knox, secretary of the navy. Leon was aboard the Oklahoma.
Thank you,Eric Ackerman
Topeka, Kansas
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced (2 Feb 2018) that U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class (S1C) Leon Arickx, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in World War II, has been identified and accounted for.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Arickx was assigned to the 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 Arickx.
In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
Arickx's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl (Find A Grave Memorial 56114195), along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Campaign Medal & World War II Victory Medal; Service #3214207
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Suggested edit: FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
WASHINGTON — June 29, 2018
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, recently accounted for from World War II are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Navy Seaman 1st Class Leon Arickx, 22, of Mitchell, Iowa, accounted for on January 30, will be buried July 7, 2018 in Osage, Iowa.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Arickx 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 Arickx.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Arickx.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Arickx’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis, anthropological analysis, along with circumstantial evidence.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this recovery.
From FAG Contributor: usafdo
From FAG Contributor: SBR
Age: 22
Navy Seaman First Class aboard the USS Oklahoma
Missing in action durng the attack on Pearl Harbor
Awarded the Purple Heart
Picture is from the Memorial wall at Pearl Harbor
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WATERLOO DAILY COURIER, WATERLOO, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1943, PAGE SEVENTEEN
OSAGE COUPLE GIVEN DECORATION AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY TO SON
Osage, Ia.--Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arickx of Mitchell have received the Purple Heart award, posthumously awarded to their son, Leon Arickx, seaman first class, who lost his life in action at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. The certificate of award and the purple heart medal were sent by Frank Knox, secretary of the navy. Leon was aboard the Oklahoma.
Thank you,Eric Ackerman
Topeka, Kansas
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced (2 Feb 2018) that U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class (S1C) Leon Arickx, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in World War II, has been identified and accounted for.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Arickx was assigned to the 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 Arickx.
In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
Arickx's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl (Find A Grave Memorial 56114195), along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Campaign Medal & World War II Victory Medal; Service #3214207
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Suggested edit: FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
WASHINGTON — June 29, 2018
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, recently accounted for from World War II are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Navy Seaman 1st Class Leon Arickx, 22, of Mitchell, Iowa, accounted for on January 30, will be buried July 7, 2018 in Osage, Iowa.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Arickx 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 Arickx.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Arickx.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Arickx’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis, anthropological analysis, along with circumstantial evidence.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this recovery.
From FAG Contributor: usafdo
From FAG Contributor: SBR
Died in Pearl Harbor during the war.
Age: 22
Navy Seaman First Class aboard the USS Oklahoma
Missing in action durng the attack on Pearl Harbor
Awarded the Purple Heart
Picture is from the Memorial wall at Pearl Harbor
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WATERLOO DAILY COURIER, WATERLOO, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1943, PAGE SEVENTEEN
OSAGE COUPLE GIVEN DECORATION AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY TO SON
Osage, Ia.--Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arickx of Mitchell have received the Purple Heart award, posthumously awarded to their son, Leon Arickx, seaman first class, who lost his life in action at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. The certificate of award and the purple heart medal were sent by Frank Knox, secretary of the navy. Leon was aboard the Oklahoma.
Thank you,Eric Ackerman
Topeka, Kansas
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced (2 Feb 2018) that U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class (S1C) Leon Arickx, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in World War II, has been identified and accounted for.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Arickx was assigned to the 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 Arickx.
In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
Arickx's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl (Find A Grave Memorial 56114195), along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Campaign Medal & World War II Victory Medal; Service #3214207
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Suggested edit: FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
WASHINGTON — June 29, 2018
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, recently accounted for from World War II are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Navy Seaman 1st Class Leon Arickx, 22, of Mitchell, Iowa, accounted for on January 30, will be buried July 7, 2018 in Osage, Iowa.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Arickx 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 Arickx.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Arickx.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Arickx’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis, anthropological analysis, along with circumstantial evidence.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this recovery.
From FAG Contributor: usafdo
From FAG Contributor: SBR
Age: 22
Navy Seaman First Class aboard the USS Oklahoma
Missing in action durng the attack on Pearl Harbor
Awarded the Purple Heart
Picture is from the Memorial wall at Pearl Harbor
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WATERLOO DAILY COURIER, WATERLOO, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1943, PAGE SEVENTEEN
OSAGE COUPLE GIVEN DECORATION AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY TO SON
Osage, Ia.--Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arickx of Mitchell have received the Purple Heart award, posthumously awarded to their son, Leon Arickx, seaman first class, who lost his life in action at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. The certificate of award and the purple heart medal were sent by Frank Knox, secretary of the navy. Leon was aboard the Oklahoma.
Thank you,Eric Ackerman
Topeka, Kansas
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced (2 Feb 2018) that U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class (S1C) Leon Arickx, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in World War II, has been identified and accounted for.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Arickx was assigned to the 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 Arickx.
In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
Arickx's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl (Find A Grave Memorial 56114195), along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Campaign Medal & World War II Victory Medal; Service #3214207
---------------------------------------------
Suggested edit: FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
WASHINGTON — June 29, 2018
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, recently accounted for from World War II are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Navy Seaman 1st Class Leon Arickx, 22, of Mitchell, Iowa, accounted for on January 30, will be buried July 7, 2018 in Osage, Iowa.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Arickx 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 Arickx.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Arickx.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Arickx’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis, anthropological analysis, along with circumstantial evidence.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this recovery.
From FAG Contributor: usafdo
From FAG Contributor: SBR
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Bertha Rosalie Arickx Lievrouw
1907–2006
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Mary M. Arickx
1909–1923
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Adelaide "Della" Arickx
1910–1910
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Suzanna Martha Arickx Boerjan
1911–1973
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Frank Emil Arickx
1914–1978
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Evouna Prudence Arickx Moeykens
1915–2011
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Raymond August Arickx Sr
1917–1992
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S1 Leon Paul Arickx
1918–1941
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SN Leon Paul Arickx
1918–1941
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Joseph Julius Arickx
1922–1974
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Mary A. Arickx Michels
1925–2000
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