Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at ...

His remains were accounted for on Sept. 27, 2024. On Dec. 7, 1941, Frye was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked ...

The USS West Virginia in 1944, rebuilt after sinking ... s commander died of a shrapnel wound from an explosion on another battleship. While the ship sank, another mess officer named Doris ...

U.S. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye, of Vass, North Carolina, was killed when his ship, the USS West Virginia, ...

A mess attendant on duty during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor saved lives and took a position to defend the ship, and his ...

When torpedoes struck his battleship, Neil Frye was just 20 ... serving aboard the USS West Virginia, which carried him all the way to Pearl Harbor. When the Japanese attacked that morning in ...