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USS California Sailor Accounted for from WWII (McMurtrey, A.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Seaman 1st Class (S1c) Aaron L. McMurtrey, 27, of Durant, Oklahoma, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 31, 2024.
On Dec. 7, 1941, McMurtrey was assigned to the battleship USS California, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The U
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