Don E. Hamel

	NAME Don Edgar (Novak) Hamel	NICKNAME —	SERVICE NUMBER 305354
	UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona	HOME OF RECORD 519 South St. Louis Street Chicago, IL	NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Lucille Novak
	DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1922 at Chicago, IL	ENTERED SERVICE March 7, 1941 at Chicago, IL	DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941
	REGION Hawaiian Islands	CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor	CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Field Music Don Hamel served as a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was last known to be aboard on 7 December 1941; as the bugler on duty, he sounded the call to arms when the attack on Pearl Harbor began. Hamel is believed to have gone down with the Arizona, and his remains are considered nonrecoverable.
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart	LAST KNOWN RANK Field Music	STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered.	MEMORIALS USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu Memorial

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