The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced it has identified another member of the USS Oklahoma's crew, Navy Seaman 1st Class Billy Turner, 20.
They identified him on October 1, 2021.
He was the first Carter County resident killed in World War II and was born November 18, 1922, in Memphis, Tennessee, and moved to Ardmore in 1926. Inducted into the U.S. Navy in Oklahoma City January 4, 1940, and sent to San Diego for training.
He will be buried in his hometown of Ardmore, Oklahoma. Turner Street in Ardmore is named for him.
--GreGen
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