USS Oklahoma Unknown Returns Home to Iowa: John Mark Mulick, Jr.

Same source as previous post.

When Elma, Iowa,  native John Mark Mulick, Jr.  enlisted in the Navy in 1940, he had to get his father, John Mulick, Sr.  to sign up for him because he was only 20 at the time.  (Not sure this is correct.)

He badly wanted to serve his country in some way.  He got his chance in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the USS Oklahoma as a hospital apprentice , first class.  But his service was brief as he died on that ship.  He was one of the ship's 429 crew members who died on December 7, 1941.

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In June of this year, U.S. Navy Fireman  1st Class Leo Keninger, a native of Ackley, Iowa,  was given a burial in his hometown after his remains from the USS Oklahoma were also identified.

--GreGen