Glaydon I. C. Iverson, F3/c
Fireman, Third Class, U.S. Navy
Service # 3288652
United States Navy
Date of Enlistment: 14 Feb 1941
Entered the Service from: Minnesota
Duty Ship: USS OKLAHOMA
1st Date Aboard: 11 Sep 1941
Awards: Purple Heart
Word was received Sunday noon that Glaydon Iverson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Iverson was officially declared to have lost his life on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The word was from the U. S. Government in a telegram from Rear Admiral Ryndall Jacops, Chief Bureau of Navigation. – Source: Albert Lea Tribune, Feb. 26, 1942
Navy Reports Emmons Boy Among Dead
Glaydon Ignatius Clement Iverson, First Freeborn County Casualty of WW II.
In the first casualty list for the state of Minnesota the navy department listed as dead a total of 2 officers and 58 men.
When the soldiers lost their lives, or where, was not revealed. – Source: Albert Lea Tribune, May 5, 1942.
Glaydon Iverson was a member of the Emmons Graduating Class of 1936. He leaves behind to mourn his death parents, Edwin and Anna Iverson and brother Franklin who.
His remains were never Identified but is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Three memorials exist for Glaydon I.C. Iverson. The first is the place of his death at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Second, Oak Lawn Cememtery, Emmons, Minnesota at the burial site of his parents, Anna and Edwin Iverson.
Third, Graceland Cemetery's Military Section in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
UPDATE: MODERN TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFIES REMAINS, BRINGS SOLDIER HOME
USS Oklahoma: There were 429 sailors and Marines trapped below deck of the USS Oklahoma when it rolled on its side after it was hit with numerous torpedoes and enemy aircraft. When the ship was eventually righted the remains of the 429 on board were not identifiable. They were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific labeled as non- recoverable. Modern technology has allowed scientist with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to use DNA technology to identify many of the remains. F3C Glaydon Iverson was identified, brought home to his family with honors, and laid to rest on May 27th, 2017 in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Emmons, Minnesota with his family and a large procession of mourners present to bring him home to his final resting place next to his parents.
Fireman, Third Class, U.S. Navy
Service # 3288652
United States Navy
Date of Enlistment: 14 Feb 1941
Entered the Service from: Minnesota
Duty Ship: USS OKLAHOMA
1st Date Aboard: 11 Sep 1941
Awards: Purple Heart
Word was received Sunday noon that Glaydon Iverson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Iverson was officially declared to have lost his life on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The word was from the U. S. Government in a telegram from Rear Admiral Ryndall Jacops, Chief Bureau of Navigation. – Source: Albert Lea Tribune, Feb. 26, 1942
Navy Reports Emmons Boy Among Dead
Glaydon Ignatius Clement Iverson, First Freeborn County Casualty of WW II.
In the first casualty list for the state of Minnesota the navy department listed as dead a total of 2 officers and 58 men.
When the soldiers lost their lives, or where, was not revealed. – Source: Albert Lea Tribune, May 5, 1942.
Glaydon Iverson was a member of the Emmons Graduating Class of 1936. He leaves behind to mourn his death parents, Edwin and Anna Iverson and brother Franklin who.
His remains were never Identified but is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Three memorials exist for Glaydon I.C. Iverson. The first is the place of his death at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Second, Oak Lawn Cememtery, Emmons, Minnesota at the burial site of his parents, Anna and Edwin Iverson.
Third, Graceland Cemetery's Military Section in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
UPDATE: MODERN TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFIES REMAINS, BRINGS SOLDIER HOME
USS Oklahoma: There were 429 sailors and Marines trapped below deck of the USS Oklahoma when it rolled on its side after it was hit with numerous torpedoes and enemy aircraft. When the ship was eventually righted the remains of the 429 on board were not identifiable. They were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific labeled as non- recoverable. Modern technology has allowed scientist with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to use DNA technology to identify many of the remains. F3C Glaydon Iverson was identified, brought home to his family with honors, and laid to rest on May 27th, 2017 in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Emmons, Minnesota with his family and a large procession of mourners present to bring him home to his final resting place next to his parents.
Glaydon I. C. Iverson, F3/c
Fireman, Third Class, U.S. Navy
Service # 3288652
United States Navy
Date of Enlistment: 14 Feb 1941
Entered the Service from: Minnesota
Duty Ship: USS OKLAHOMA
1st Date Aboard: 11 Sep 1941
Awards: Purple Heart
Word was received Sunday noon that Glaydon Iverson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Iverson was officially declared to have lost his life on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The word was from the U. S. Government in a telegram from Rear Admiral Ryndall Jacops, Chief Bureau of Navigation. – Source: Albert Lea Tribune, Feb. 26, 1942
Navy Reports Emmons Boy Among Dead
Glaydon Ignatius Clement Iverson, First Freeborn County Casualty of WW II.
In the first casualty list for the state of Minnesota the navy department listed as dead a total of 2 officers and 58 men.
When the soldiers lost their lives, or where, was not revealed. – Source: Albert Lea Tribune, May 5, 1942.
Glaydon Iverson was a member of the Emmons Graduating Class of 1936. He leaves behind to mourn his death parents, Edwin and Anna Iverson and brother Franklin who.
His remains were never Identified but is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Three memorials exist for Glaydon I.C. Iverson. The first is the place of his death at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Second, Oak Lawn Cememtery, Emmons, Minnesota at the burial site of his parents, Anna and Edwin Iverson.
Third, Graceland Cemetery's Military Section in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
UPDATE: MODERN TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFIES REMAINS, BRINGS SOLDIER HOME
USS Oklahoma: There were 429 sailors and Marines trapped below deck of the USS Oklahoma when it rolled on its side after it was hit with numerous torpedoes and enemy aircraft. When the ship was eventually righted the remains of the 429 on board were not identifiable. They were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific labeled as non- recoverable. Modern technology has allowed scientist with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to use DNA technology to identify many of the remains. F3C Glaydon Iverson was identified, brought home to his family with honors, and laid to rest on May 27th, 2017 in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Emmons, Minnesota with his family and a large procession of mourners present to bring him home to his final resting place next to his parents.
Fireman, Third Class, U.S. Navy
Service # 3288652
United States Navy
Date of Enlistment: 14 Feb 1941
Entered the Service from: Minnesota
Duty Ship: USS OKLAHOMA
1st Date Aboard: 11 Sep 1941
Awards: Purple Heart
Word was received Sunday noon that Glaydon Iverson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Iverson was officially declared to have lost his life on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The word was from the U. S. Government in a telegram from Rear Admiral Ryndall Jacops, Chief Bureau of Navigation. – Source: Albert Lea Tribune, Feb. 26, 1942
Navy Reports Emmons Boy Among Dead
Glaydon Ignatius Clement Iverson, First Freeborn County Casualty of WW II.
In the first casualty list for the state of Minnesota the navy department listed as dead a total of 2 officers and 58 men.
When the soldiers lost their lives, or where, was not revealed. – Source: Albert Lea Tribune, May 5, 1942.
Glaydon Iverson was a member of the Emmons Graduating Class of 1936. He leaves behind to mourn his death parents, Edwin and Anna Iverson and brother Franklin who.
His remains were never Identified but is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Three memorials exist for Glaydon I.C. Iverson. The first is the place of his death at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Second, Oak Lawn Cememtery, Emmons, Minnesota at the burial site of his parents, Anna and Edwin Iverson.
Third, Graceland Cemetery's Military Section in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
UPDATE: MODERN TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFIES REMAINS, BRINGS SOLDIER HOME
USS Oklahoma: There were 429 sailors and Marines trapped below deck of the USS Oklahoma when it rolled on its side after it was hit with numerous torpedoes and enemy aircraft. When the ship was eventually righted the remains of the 429 on board were not identifiable. They were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific labeled as non- recoverable. Modern technology has allowed scientist with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to use DNA technology to identify many of the remains. F3C Glaydon Iverson was identified, brought home to his family with honors, and laid to rest on May 27th, 2017 in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Emmons, Minnesota with his family and a large procession of mourners present to bring him home to his final resting place next to his parents.
Gravesite Details
(all marker images have been included on this memorial page, captions indicate each markers representation and location.)
