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Submitted: 8/24/08 • Approved: 6/7/21 • Last Updated: 7/9/21 • R47234-G47233-S3
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS US Army
Killed on the USS Oklahoma
World War II
June 16, 1921 - December 07, 1941
Cenotaph
Henry Glenn Tipton KIA Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA. Henry Glenn Tipton son of William Kaster Tipton and Lillye Maxine (Bragg) Tipton.
U.S. NAVY
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 10, 2018
Remains of Arkansas sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified
"Battleship Row" after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec. 7, 1941. The capsized USS Oklahoma is visible in the foreground, behind her is USS Maryland. USS West Virginia burns on the right.
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. — An Arkansas sailor who died during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor will be honored after his remains are brought home this summer.
Glenn Tipton was killed aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, which capsized in the attack by Japanese aircraft.
The Jonesboro Sun reports that Tipton's remains were identified after his family submitted DNA five years ago to the U.S. Navy as part of its efforts to distinguish the remains of sailors.
A funeral ceremony will be held in honor of the Purple Heart recipient at the Wings of Honor museum in Walnut Ridge once his remains are returned to Lawrence County.
Harold Johnson, who runs the museum, says he and his staff are extremely honored by the family's choice to use their facility.
https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/remains-of-arkansas-sailor-killed-in-pearl-harbor-attack-identified-1.521334
Contributed on 8/24/08 by denise.bratcher63
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