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USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Lawrence, E.)

Release No: 21-038 March 24, 2021

LAWRENCE; ELMER PATTERSON
UNITED STATES NAVY
WORLD WAR II
State KY
Individual Type Accounted For
Rank SEA1
Service Number 2874141
Location Hawaiian Islands
Date of Loss 12/07/1941
Unit USS Oklahoma; UNITED STATES NAVY

WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class Elmer P. Lawrence, 25, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 1, 2021.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Lawrence 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 Lawrence.

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.

Lawrence’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XdzwEAC.

Elmer P Lawrence