Herbert John Hoard

On December 7, 1941, the battleship USS Oklahoma was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when attacked by Japanese forces. After suffering multiple torpedo hits, the USS Oklahoma capsized.. Chief Storekeeper Hoard was one of 429 sailors and Marines lost on that day. His remains were among 393 Pearl Harbor casualties whose remains were unidentifiable. CSK Hoard' was buried as one of the Unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI. In 2015, the Department of Defense authorized the disinterment of the Unknowns of the USS Oklahoma buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. By use of modern day forensic science, CSK Hoard's remains were identified. His name is permanently inscribed at the WWII Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial at the cemetery.