HULTGREN; LORENTZ E
UNITED STATES NAVY
WORLD WAR II
WA
Individual Type Accounted For
Rank MM2
Service Number 3857798
Location Hawaiian Islands
Date of Loss 12/07/1941
Unit USS Oklahoma; UNITED STATES NAVY

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On February 16, 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Machinist's Mate Second Class Lorentz E. Hultgren, missing from World War II.

Machinist's Mate Second Class Hultgren, who joined the U.S. Navy from Washington, served on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and was aboard the ship during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. He was killed in the attack, and while his remains were recovered from the ship following the incident, they could not be individually identified at the time. MM2 Hultgren was initially buried as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. In 2015, modern forensic techniques prompted the reexamination and identification of MM2 Hultgren’s remains.

Machinist's Mate Second Class Hultgren is memorialized in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

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News | Feb. 22, 2018

USS Oklahoma Sailor Killed During World War II Accounted For (Hultgren, L.)

Navy Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Lorentz E. Hultgren, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, has now been accounted for.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Hultgren was assigned to the 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 Hultgren.

In 2015, DPAA disinterred remains from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.

DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this mission.

Interment services are pending; more details will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.

Hultgren's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

For more information about DPAA, visit www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa, or call 703-699-1420.

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