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At dawn on December 7 1941, more than half of the United States Pacific Fleet, approximately 150 vessels and service craft, lay at anchor or alongside piers in Pearl Harbor. All but one of the Pacific fleet's battleships were in port that morning, most of them moored to quays flanking Ford Island. By 10:00 a.m. the tranquil Sunday calm had been shattered, 21 vessels lay sunk or damaged, the fighting backbone of the fleet apparently broken. Smoke from burning planes and hangers filled the sky. Oil from sinking ships clogged the harbor. Death was everywhere.
Loss of life wasn't restricted only to military personnel, or Pearl Harbor. Civilians of very different backgrounds, ages, and locations on the island of Oahu also took a heavy toll. The list below contain the 49 names of those killed as well as their location on the island.
Civilians
Ewa
| Yaeko Lillian Oda, 6 |
Francisco Tacderan, 34 |
Honolulu
| John Kalauwae Adams, 18 |
Joseph Kanehoa Adams, 50 |
| Nancy Masako Arakaki, 8 |
Patrick Kahamokupuni Chong, 30 |
| Matilda Kaliko Faufata, 12 |
Emma Gonsalves, 34 |
| Ai Harada, 54 |
Kisa Hatate, 41 |
| Fred Masayoshi Higa, 21 |
Jackie Yoneto Hirasaki, 8 |
| Jitsuo Hirasaki, 48 |
Robert Yoshito Hirasaki, 3 |
| Shirley Kinue Hirasaki, 2 |
Paul S. Inamine, 19 |
| Robert Seiko Izumi, 25 |
David Kahookele, 23 |
| Edward Koichi Kondo, 19 |
Peter Souza Lopes, 33 |
| George Jay Manganelli, 14 |
Joseph McCabe, Sr., 43 |
| Masayoshi Nagamine, 27 |
Frank Ohashi, 29 |
| Hayako Ohta, 19 |
Janet Yumiko Ohta, 3 months |
| Kiyoko Ohta, 21 |
Barbara June Ornellas, 8 |
| Gertrude Ornellas, 16 |
James Takao Takefuji, aka Koba, 20 |
| Yoshio Tokusato, 19 |
Hisao Uyeno, 20 |
| Alice White, 42 |
Eunice Wilson, 7 months |
John Rodgers Airport
Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station
| Kamiko Kookano, 35 |
Isaac William Lee, 21 |
Pearl City
| Rowena Kamohaulani Foster, 3 |
Wahiawa
| Chip Soon Kim, 66 |
Richard Masaru Soma, 22 |
Waipahu
Honolulu Fire Department
Hickam Field
| John Carriera, 51 |
Thomas Samuel Macy, 59 |
| Harry Tuck Lee Pang, 30 |
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Federal Government Employees
Hickam Field
| August Akina, 37 |
Philip Ward Eldred, 36 |
Virgil P. Rahel, age unknown |
Pearl Harbor
Red Hill
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