- 1941: Pearl Harbor Casualty - USS Arizona Memorial
- US Navy Seaman - World War II
- Posthumous Purple Heart Recipient
S1/c Galen Winston Albright was born 3 January 1922 in Francesville, Pulaski County, Indiana, United States to Calvin Delton Albright (1877-1944) and Amy Ellen Funk (1888-1957) and died 7 December 1941 USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States of unspecified causes.
Biography
1941 Pearl Harbor Attack
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' formal entry into World War II.
This sailor was a casualty of the horrific explosion that day onboard the USS Arizona and is remembered at the USS Arizona Memorial.
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Raymond Carl Albright (1907-1954) | |||
| Floyd Leon Albright (1909-1957) | |||
| Alma Genevieve Albright (1911-1932) | |||
| Claude Chester Keith Albright (1914-1997) | |||
| Mary Elnora Albright (1915-1994) | |||
| Jeanette Violet Albright (1917-2000) | |||
| Viola Ruth Albright (1920-1972) | |||
| Galen Winston Albright (1922-1941) | 3 January 1922 Francesville, Pulaski County, Indiana, United States | 7 December 1941 USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States | |
| Donald Rex Albright (1923-1977) | |||
| Kenneth Max Albright (1925-1985) | |||
Residences
See Also
- Galen Albright
- Albright Family
- Albright in Pulaski County, Indiana
- Albright in Oahu County, Hawaii
- Albright, Galen Winston, USSArizona.org, https://www.ussarizona.org/individual-profiles/uss-arizona-casualty-profiles/albright-galen-winston-s1c-usn-indiana, retrieved 18 Aug 2024