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Jack N. S. Powell

powell_jns NAME
Jack (Newlin) Speed Powell
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
284047
UNIT
Marine Detachment
USS Arizona
HOME OF RECORD
1547 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
NEXT OF KIN
Father, Mr. Clem S. Powell
DATE OF BIRTH
June 14, 1919
at Hobart, OK
ENTERED SERVICE
May 1, 1940
at Los Angeles, CA
DATE OF LOSS
December 7, 1941
REGION
Hawaiian Islands
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Pearl Harbor
CASUALTY TYPE
Killed In Action

CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
PFC Jack S. Powell was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was aboard on 7 December 1941 when his ship was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at the battle of Pearl Harbor.

Powell’s remains were never identified, and are believed to rest aboard the Arizona to this day.

INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK
Private First Class
STATUS OF REMAINS
Not recovered.
MEMORIALS
USS Arizona Memorial
Honolulu Memorial

Biography:
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Photographs found on the Nolan Family Tree, Ancestry.com

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