USS California (BB-44) Casualty List Organized Alphabetically

102 Total Casualties - 98 USN | 4 USMC

Please note: the States listed reflect their home state on 7 December 1941 or next of kin state.

Note regarding Edward Watkin Jones at end of list.

NOTE: JONES, Edward Watkin - Edward Watkin Jones, DOB 14 July 1920 in New Orleans, LA, is incorrectly reported as a Pearl Harbor casualty on many lists. He was NOT a casualty.  It is further reported on some lists that he died 5 Jan 1944 from injuries sustained at Pearl Harbor. This is NOT true information.

Edward Watkin Jones Service Information: SN 2745144, enlisted 30 Sept 1940 from New Orleans, LA, reported aboard USS OKLAHOMA on 23 Nov 1940 and was transferred to USS CALIFORNIA on 24 Nov 1940. S1/c as of 7 Dec 1941. He continued to serve on USS CALIFORNIA until at least September 1944, as GM3/c, when he was transferred to GM school in San Francisco. He served throughout the war and was honorably discharged from the Navy 6 July 1945. Edward Watkin Jones died 24 January 2001, Metairie, LA.

Edward W. Jones who died on 5 Jan 1944, whose information has been wrongly attributed to Edward Watkin Jones, is a different man. His information is as follows: SN 6658290, US Army, 89th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, Born 5 Oct 1916 in Kentucky, interred National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Both of these men deserve to be remembered correctly for their service. Please correct this information if you find it on a website or printed publication.

Information researched and compiled by N. A. Nease and provided on USSARIZONA.ORG free of charge.
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