World War II Honoree

Dee Hall

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Sayre, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED AS A SEAMAN IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, STATIONED IN ALASKA. PART OF A 7-MAN CREW ABOARD A NAVY AIRCRAFT THAT TOOK OFF ON A MISSION FROM KODIAK ISLAND ON JUNE 14, 1942. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED NEAR ITS TARGET ON KISKA ISLAND IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLAND CHAIN DUE TO BAD WEATHER AND JAPANESE ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE. ALL CREW MEMBERS WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH. IN AUGUST 1943, THE ISLAND WAS RETAKEN BY U.S. FORCES AND THE REMAINS BURIED THERE IN A COMMON GRAVE. AFTER THE WAR, THE GRAVE SITE WAS UNABLE TO BE LOCATED AND REMAINED UNDISCOVERED UNTIL 2002 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT AND REMAINS WERE FOUND ON THE SLOPE OF A KISKA VOLCANO. HIS REMAINS WERE BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS AT THE FORT SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ON DECEMBER 15, 2005.