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.

Monday, October 28, 2019

More USS Oklahoma Unknowns Identified: Victor P. Tumlinson, Walter C. Foley, Ted Hall, Johnny Cornelius Laurie


**  Victor P. Tumlinson, Navy Fire Control 3rd Class, 19, was stationed on the USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7. 1941 and died.  His remains were identified in February 2019 and now they will be buried in Raymondville, Texas.

**  Walter C. Foley of Brooklyn, New York, 18,  was on the USS Oklahoma and a Seaman First Class.  His body has now been identified.

**  Private Ted Hall, USMC, was 24 when he died aboard the USS Oklahoma.  His remains were identified in January of this year.

**  Johnny Cornelius Laurie, 25, US Navy  Mess Attendant 1st Class of Bessemer, Alabama, has been buried in Alabama National Cemetery.  His remains were identified in July of this year.

--GreGen

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