The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Another USS Oklahoma Sailor Identified: Lester P. Delles

From the June 1, 2021, DPAA.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Electrician's Mate  3rd Class Lester P. Delles, 21, of St. Charles, Illinois, killed during World War II was accounted for on February 12, 2021.

He was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, moored at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor when the attack came.  This resulted in the deaths of 429, including Delles.

He was buried October 23, 2021, in Sutter Creek, California. 

--GreGen


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