Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class John Cuthbert Auld.
Unit/Placed in, USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Battleship, United States Navy.
John is born approx. on 16 June 1918 in Northumberland, England.
Father, Richard Auld.
Mother, lilian Auld.
Brother(s), Edwin Auld.
Whole Family was born in England.
John enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 3115437.
John was KIA during the Japanese Air Raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
John was buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Seaman 2nd Class John C. Auld, were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
John is also mentioned at USS Oklahoma Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, VS.
Thanks to, https://www.okhistory.org/kids/ussok8.php
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.
