Name and Rank, Shipfitter Second Class Erwin Hellmuth Naasz.
Unit/Placed in, USS Arizona (BB-39) Battleship, United States Navy.
Erwin was born approx. on Jan. 4, 1916 in Kingman County, Kansas.
Father, John Naasz.
Mother, Minnie Naasz.
(Half)Sister, Bertha M. Cumley.
Brothers, Albert, Elmer and William Naasz.
Erwin entered the service in Kansas with service number # 3420764.
Erwin H. Naasz was a Shipsfitter onboard the U.S.S. Arizona.
Erwin was KIA during the Japanese Air Raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Erwin is buried at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.
Courts of the Missing.
He has a Memorial Grave at USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.
And has a Memorial Grave at his Hometown Walnut Hill Cemetery, Kingman, Kingman County, Kansas.
Thanks to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_Memorial
https://www.nps.gov/valr/learn/historyculture/ussarizonacasualties.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
