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PARADIS; GEORGE LAWRENCE
UNITED STATES NAVY
WORLD WAR II
WA
Individual Type Accounted For
Rank PHM3
Service Number 3858039
Location Hawaiian Islands
Date of Loss 12/07/1941
Unit USS Oklahoma; UNITED STATES NAVY
USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Paradis, G.)
Release No: 21-035 March 22, 2021
WASHINGTON —

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class George L. Paradis, 23, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 24, 2021.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Paradis was assigned to the battleship 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 Paradis.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.

Paradis’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XhSQEA0

George L Paradis