WINFIELD; STARRING BROOKS
UNITED STATES NAVY
WORLD WAR II
CA
Individual Type Accounted For
Rank RM3
Service Number 4134987
Location Hawaiian Islands
Date of Loss 12/07/1941
Unit USS Oklahoma; UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE

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On June 24, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Radioman Third Class Starring Brooks Winfield, missing from World War II.

Radioman Third Class Winfield, who entered the U.S. Navy from California, 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, they could not be identified following the incident. He was buried as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. In 2015, advances in forensic techniques prompted the reexamination and eventual identification of Radioman Third Class Winfield's remains.

Radioman Third Class Winfield is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

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Press Release | July 8, 2019

Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Winfield, S.)

WASHINGTON – Navy Radioman 3rd Class Starring B. Winfield, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 24, 2019.

(Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.)

On Dec. 7, 1941, Winfield 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 Winfield.

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Winfield’s personnel profile can be viewed at

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Starring B Winfield