Warren Upton, the oldest survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the last surviving crew member of one of the ships moored there, the torpedoed battleship Utah, died on Wednesday in Los Gatos, Calif. He was 105.

The oldest living survivor of the Pearl Harbor attacks died Christmas morning. Warren “Red” Upton, of San Jose, California, was also the last living survivor of the USS Utah, which sank during Japanese attacks on the U.

There were an estimated 87,000 military personnel on Oahu on the day of the attack, according to military historian J. Michael Wenger. After Upton’s death, there are only 15 still alive.

Warren "Red" Upton, the oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor who was serving aboard the USS Utah during the 1941 Japanese surprise attack, has died at age 105, a veterans group has announced.

On December 7, 1941, 22-year-old radioman Warren "Red" Upton was getting ready to shave when a Japanese torpedo struck his ship, USS Utah (AG-16).

Warren Upton, the oldest known survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, has died at the age of 105. He died on December 25, 2024, in a hospital in Los Gatos, California, following a bout of pneumonia, according to Kathleen Farley, California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors.

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