CAMERY; RAYMOND RALPH
UNITED STATES NAVY
WORLD WAR II
CA
Individual Type Accounted For
Rank F1c
Service Number 3760152
Location Hawaiian Islands
Date of Loss 12/07/1941
Unit USS Oklahoma; UNITED STATES NAVY

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On March 28, 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Fireman First Class Raymond Ralph Camery, missing from World War II.

Fireman First Class Camery, who entered the U.S. Navy from California, served on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and was aboard the ship during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. He was killed in the attack, and while his remains were recovered from the ship, they could not be identified following the incident. He was initially buried as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. In 2015, advances in forensic techniques prompted the reexamination and eventual identification of F1 Camery’s remains.

Fireman First Class Camery is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

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News | June 29, 2018

USS Oklahoma Sailor Killed During World War II Accounted For (Camery, R)

By DPAA Public Affairs

WASHINGTON – Navy Fireman 1st Class Raymond R. Camery, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, was accounted for on March 28, 2018.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Camery was assigned to the 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 Camery.

In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.

DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this mission.

Interment services are pending; more details will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.

Camery’s name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

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Camery’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeKcEAK