USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Bailey, R.)

PRESS RELEASE | Jan. 27, 2021

WASHINGTON  -   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Shipfitter 3rd Class Robert E. Bailey, 21, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Jan. 19, 2021.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Bailey was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Bailey.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or call (703) 699-1420/1193.

Bailey’s personnel profile can be viewed at 

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeK8EAK.

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