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.

Saturday, April 23, 2022

USS Oklahoma Unknowns Identified: David F. Tidball and Claude White

From the April 23, 2022, Independence (Iowa) Bulletin Journal.

DAVID F. TIDBALL

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recently announced that Navy Seaman First Class  David F. Tidball, 20, of Independence, Iowa, was accounted for on March 3, 2021.

He was assigned to the USS Oklahoma that tragic day.

He will be buried May 14 in his hometown.

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CLAUDE WHITE

From the April 19, 2022, WKRN  Newborn, Tennessee.

A full military service in Newborn, Tennessee, for   U.S. Navy Chief  Water Tender Claude White.

He was formally accounted for on January 4, 2021 by the DPAA and had been on the USS Oklahoma.  Flags over the Tennessee State Capitol were flown at half mast.

--GreGen


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