John Wilson Farmer
KIA 7 Dec 1941 aboard USS Arizona BB-39 during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese naval forces.
Memorialized at Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii
Mother: Mrs. Artie Farmer, 2517 Cole Street, East Chattanooga.
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- Rank: Coxswain
- Date of birth: 12 August 1920
- Date of death: 7 December 1941
- County: Hamilton
- Hometown: Chattanooga
- Service Branch: Navy
- Division/Assignment: USS Arizona (BB-39)
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: Pearl Harbor
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XI, Middle Panel
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