FRANKLIN VAN VALKENBURG MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL GRAVESTONE
For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and complete disregard of his own life, during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor T.H., by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. As commanding officer of the U.S.S. Arizona, Capt. Van Valkenburgh gallantly fought his ship until the U.S.S. Arizona blew up from magazine explosions and a direct bomb hit on the bridge which resulted in the loss of his life.
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- WORLD WAR II
- Medal of Honor Grave Stones Type II
- FOREST HOME CEMETERY
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