Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Apr 19, 2022
April 19, 2022 - Half Staff Alert - Tennessee
By order of the Governor, flags over the State Capitol and all State office buildings are to be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in honor of the ultimate sacrifice of United States Navy Chief Water Tender Claude White from Yorkville, Tennessee. White lost his life on the morning of December 7, 1941, while serving aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma which was moored at Fort Island, Pearl Harbor when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. His remains were recently identified and are now being brought home for burial at Bells Chapel Cemetery, Yorkville, Tennessee.