F3c Harold Kendall Costill

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Harold Kendall Costill

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Clayton Gloucester County New Jersey
Death: circa 1941 (8-25)
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States (KIA aboard the USS West Virginia)
Place of Burial: Honolulu Memorial * Honolulu Honolulu County Hawaii
Immediate Family:

Son of Harold Elwood Costill and Elizabeth Costill
Brother of Eugene "Gene" Costill; Robert Costill; Allen Costill and Joan Costill

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About F3c Harold Kendall Costill

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56127705

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15704955

F3c Harold K. Costill, 18 years old, was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, while serving aboard the USS West Virgina. Harold Costill was one of the 647 soldiers whose bodies were never identified. From that number 33 men were from the USS West Virgina. Their remains are in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on Honolulu, under stone markers that simply read "Unknown". The Navy paid for a marble marker to be placed in Cedar Green Cemetery (Clayton, NJ) with Harold's name on it in 1961.

https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticle...

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F3c Harold Kendall Costill's Timeline

1924
1924
Clayton Gloucester County New Jersey
1941
1941
Age 17
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
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Honolulu Memorial * Honolulu Honolulu County Hawaii