Honor Mission

Harold F. Carney, KIA

USN – WWII
Benton, Wisconsin – 11-06-21

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Navy Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Harold F. Carney, 23, of New Diggings, Wisconsin, killed during World War II was accounted for on Nov 19, 2015,  the family only recently received their full briefing on his identification Oct. 7, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Carney was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Carney. Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis. To identify Carney’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA analysis. Harold Carney has been positively identified through his niece and is coming home to Wisconsin. Since hearing about Uncle Harold, his nieces grandsons are studying WWII and Pearl Harbor. Since many have forgotten, let us gather to remember and show the family the respect we have for Harold.

St Patrick’s Church

237 E Main St,
Benton, Wisconsin

John Curran jcurran516@aol.com

Staging 11:30 a.m. at the grave site

Family arrival 12:30 p.m.

Graveside service 1:00 p.m.