CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sunday marks the 84th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

On Saturday, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed a proclamation recognizing Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in West Virginia and asked for a moment of silence or prayer beginning at 7:55 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7.

More than 2,300 Americans lost their lives and more than 1,100 were wounded during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii. The attack resulted in the destruction or crippling of aircraft on the ground and 21 naval ships, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.

By the time the U.S. war with the Axis powers — Japan, Germany, Italy — ended in 1945, more than 7,000 West Virginians had died.

The names of most of the dead are listed below as they appear in the West Virginia Veterans

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