Navy announces USS California Sailor accounted for from WW II [Video]

WASHINGTON (KFOR) – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on Thursday, Seaman 1st Class (S1c) Aaron L. McMurtrey, 27, of Durant, Oklahoma killed during World War II has been accounted for.

According to DPAA, On Dec. 7, 1941, McMurtrey was assigned to the battleship USS California. The USS California attacked by a Japenese aircraft sustaining multiple torpedo and bomb hits, which caused it catch fire and slowly flood. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 103 crewmen, including McMurtrey.

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From December 1941 to April 1942, Navy personnel confirmed using the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System:

In September 1947 Navy personnel confirmed using the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System:

In 2018, DPAA personnel exhumed the 25 USS California Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis, says the Navy. McMurtrey remains were accounted for on July 31, 2024.

McMurtrey’s name is set to be recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the …