USS Arizona ROC

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• Name of Record: Hubert Aaron (n) **NOT Hubert Charles Titus Aaron - see notes below
• Branch: United States Navy
• Service Number: 346 86 21
• Rate: F2/c (Fireman Second Class)
• Duties: Fire and tend boilers. Operate, adjust and repair pumps.
• Enlisted: 14 October 1940
• Place: Little Rock, Arkansas
• Onboard USS Arizona: 4 January 1941
• From: USS Brazos

• Birth Name: Hubert Aaron **see note regarding name below
• Date of Birth: 22 October 1919
• Place of Birth: Garland, Arkansas
• School: Fouke High School
• Hometown / State on 7 December 1941 - Texarkana, Arkansas
• Next of Kin: Mr. Alfred Alonzo Aaron - Father
• Address: Route 1, Box 153, Texarkana, Arkansas
• Parents: Alfred Alonzo Aaron & Jennie Davis Aaron

• Disposition: Unrecoverable – Among the 900+ souls still onboard the USS Arizona
• Posthumous Awards: Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal w/Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/Star, WWII Victory Medal

• **Note Regarding Hubert Aaron's Name: Hubert Aaron is incorrectly listed on many casualty lists and other modern resources as “Hubert Charles Titus Aaron”. His Birth Certificate shows no middle name... See More Information & Supporting Documents

*Note: According to USS Arizona Survivor, Vincent James "Jim" Vlach, the use of (n) after a name on the muster rolls designates no middle name (not used on final ROC).

Photo and Service information from the Vincent J. Vlach, USN Ret., (USS Arizona Survivor & Ship's Historian) and I. B. Nease, USNR Ret., (USS Arizona Historian) Collections [privately held collections]
Other Information, Documents, and/or Photos provided by N. A. Nease [privately held collection]
Report of Changes: National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID: 594996; Series MLR Number: A1 135