Of the 1,177 killed in the sinking of the USS Arizona, 27 were from Minnesota. They are:Delbert J. Anderson
Sam A. Benford
Albert R. Blanchard
Lawrence J. Cihlar
Richard N. Dahlheimer
Alvin A. Dvorak
Vincent H. Eberhart
Stanley G. Enger
George A. Filkins
Edward Hanzel
Merrit C. Helm
Rolan G. Howard
Donald S. Hultman
Walter E. Koch
Fred J. Krause
William J. Lovshin
Henry C. Nelson
Leland G. Ostrander
George V. Rasmusson
Sherly R. Sampson
Vernon J. Schmidt
Earl C. Sletto
Halge H. Smestad
Franklin Van Valkenbergh
Walter A. Vojta
William P. Weidell
John J. Wicklund
LEARN MORE
For more information on the USS Arizona and the Pearl Harbor attack, websites include that of the National Park Service, which maintains the USS Arizona Memorial:
• www.nps.gov/valr/historyculture
• the University of Arizona: speccoll.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/ussarizona
• ussarizona.org