Everett Titterington, who died at Pearl Harbor, was interred at Riverside National Cemetery after his remains were identified.
No one knows where Everett Titterington was when the first torpedoes slammed into the USS Oklahoma on that infamous day in 1941. Was he thrown out of his bunk? Was he thrown to the deck? Did he die fast, or did he die slow? The force of the explosions, as one survivor recounted, seemed to lift the massive battleship out of the water before it settled and, within 15 minutes, capsized.
” Without a body, how did they know he was dead? His mother sat at her desk and wrote the Navy back. Dear Sirs, I am writing you in regard to my son Everett Cecil Titterington Firman 1C, lost at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7th, 41 ship USS Oklahoma. Could you give me any information as to how he met death? If you are authorized to do so, would be ever so grateful. A week later, the Navy replied. Titterington had lost his life in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country. Cmdr. A.C.
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