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Quentin John Gifford |
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| Born | 9 Feb 1919, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa, Home in 1930: Selma Township, Cottonwood County, Minnesota. |
| Gender | Male |
| Parents | Frank and Electa Mae (Jackett) Gifford |
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| Branch of Service | Navy |
| Additional Identifiers | Non-commissioned Officer Missing in Action Killed in Action Died in Service |
| Service Timeframe | 1937 - 7 Dec 1941 |
| War/Conflict | World War Two 1939-1945 |
| Principal Units and Locations | Entered service from Mankato, Minnesota. Petty Officer 2nd Class, Radioman. (RM2) MIA USS Oklahoma following the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. |
| Military Awards and Decorations | Purple Heart. |
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NarrativeBurial: Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Plot: Courts of the Missing. Home town at death was Mankato, Minnesota. MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The family of a sailor from Mankato killed in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor has received confirmation that exhumed remains are those of the serviceman who died at age 22. Two surviving siblings of Radioman 2nd Class Quentin Gifford (brothers Erle G Gifford, Harold Gifford and sister June) received word this week that DNA tests they had submitted last year confirmed their brother’s identity. Eighty-year-old June Shoen cried when she received the news. Shoen, of Angle Inlet, says she and her 93-year-old brother, Harold Gifford, of Woodbury, can now have closure on the death of their sibling and make burial plans. Quentin Gifford was killed when the USS Oklahoma capsized after being struck by torpedoes on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy had listed Gifford as ‘lost in action.’ | |