JACKSON, Miss. - Navy Musician 2nd Class Charlton H. Ferguson, 19, of Kosciusko, Mississippi, who was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, has been identified and laid to rest at the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu (Hawaii) Memorial, an American Battle Monuments Commission location. On Dec. 7, 1941, Ferguson was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Ferguson. (Honor States 07/2021) Charlton Hanna Ferguson : Petty Officer Second Class from Mississippi, World War II Casualty (honorstates.org)
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