Ens. William I. Halloran

William Ignatius Halloran, born on 23 July 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio, enlisted in the Naval Reserve as an apprentice seaman on 14 August 1940. Commissioned Ensign on 12 June 1941, he was assigned to Naval Air Station, San Pedro, California, and later to USS Arizona. Ens. Halloran was among those lost in the Arizona at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

HALLORAN, WILLIAM L. (23 July 1915-7 Dec. 1941), a young journalist who was Cleveland's first WORLD WAR II casualty, was born to Lawrence and Stella (McGuire) Halloran and raised on Cleveland's west side. After graduation from CATHEDRAL LATIN SCHOOL (1933), he worked as editor of the Shopping News Junior while attending JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY. He transferred to Ohio State University, graduating with a B.S. in journalism in 1938. He immediately began work as a United Press Internatl. reporter with the Columbus Citizen.

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