Kenneth Lyle Jayne

World War II
Service #2240191
RankFireman Third Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From New York
Date of DeathDecember 7 1941
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes
On December 7, 1941, the battleship USS Oklahoma was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor when attacked by Japanese forces. After multiple torpedo hits, the USS Oklahoma capsized. F3C Jayne was one of 429 sailors and Marines lost on that day.. His remains were among 393 Pearl Harbor casualties which were unidentifiable and buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific as Unknowns. In 2015, the Department of Defense authorized the disinterment of Unknowns of the USS Oklahoma buried at the cemetery. By use of modern day forensic science, F3C Jayne's remains were identified. His name is permanently inscribed at the WWII Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.