· Posthumous Awards: Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal w/Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/Star, WWII Victory Medal
Henry Clarence Echternkamp
· Branch: United States Navy
· Service Number: 385 91 30
· Rate: S1/c (Seaman First Class)
· Duties: Know naval drill duties, knots, steering and signaling. Stand watch and gunnery duties.
· Enlisted: 11 October 1940
· Place: Seattle, Washington
· Onboard USS Arizona: 8 January 1941
· From: RS Bremerton, Washington
· Date of Birth: 26 March 1918
· Place of Birth: Clallam County, Washington
· Hometown / State December 1941: Sequim, Washington
· Civilian Occupation: Laborer in Saw Mill
· His Father: William F Echternkamp, Mother Grace E Cays.
· Disposition: Recovered – Died 10 December 1941, died of wounds received from the invasion of Pearl Harbor. Interred Punchbowl A-525