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NAME James Theron Black |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 314626 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona |
HOME OF RECORD Covin, AL |
NEXT OF KIN Parents, Ellis & Cora Black |
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| DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1921 at Fayette, AL |
ENTERED SERVICE June 19, 1941 at Birmingham, AL |
DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941 |
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| REGION Hawaiian Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Private James T. Black was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was aboard on 7 December 1941 when the ship, struck by bombs that detonated her forward magazine, sank to the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Black was not seen after the attack, and was declared dead as of 7 December 1941. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. |
MEMORIALS Shady Grove Nazarene Church, Bluff, AL USS Arizona Memorial National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific |
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