Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Richard James Ahern.

Unit/Placed in, USS Arizona (BB-39) Battle Ship, United States Navy.

Richard is born in Oct. 2, 1921 in Gurley, Nebraska.

Father, James D. Ahern.

Mother, Sadie C. Ahern.

Sisters, Catherine M. Schubert and Margaret M. Andersen.

Richard enlisted the service in California with service number # 3821214.

Richard was KIA during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he is honored with a   he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Richard is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

He Also is buried/mentioned at USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/