Doyne Conley Huie

Submitted by Katy Knight Avendano, deceased

Doyne Conley Huie was born in Choctaw, the son of Walter M. Huie and Bramlett Nancy (Moore) Huie (Walter's 2nd wife), both born in Choctaw. His maternal grandparents were Augustus Bingham "A. B." Moore and Nancy Ella [Gooden] Moore. I do not know who his paternal Huie grandparents were.

1930 US Federal Census: Choctaw Twp., Van Buren Co., AR, Apr 16, 1930, Family #7
Huie, Walter M., Head, 36, AR, Blacksmith
Huie, Bramlett N., Wife, 24, AR...
Huie, Eula, Daughter, 13, AR
Huie, Doyne C., Son, 8, AR
Huie, John W., Son, 10/12, AR

At the time of Doyne's death, the Huie family lived in Missouri. He died on board the USS Arizona battleship in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii on December 7, 1941.

Huie, Doyne Conley HA1c USN
Source: USS Arizona and Pearl Harbor Casualty Lists and History
USS Arizona BB-39
Comm. 17 Oct 1916; Sunk 7 Dec 1941 - Japanese bombing raid
Presented by I. B. Nease, USNR (Retired)
www.ussarizona.org/site_map.htm

About 1948-49, the United States Navy provided and, with full military honors, placed a headstone in Huie Cemetery to establish a gravesite for Doyne Huie's family. The Navy provided a flag-draped coffin as well. However, in truth, Doyne is still with his shipmates in Pearl Harbor and shall forever remain so. He was just a month and a few days over 20 years old, and ... shall forever remain so.

Huie Cemetery, Clinton, Van Buren Co., AR
Huie, Doyne C. 24 Oct 1921 - 7 Dec 1941 USN
Source: This contributor. I was there as a little girl when the US Navy placed his marker, and have visited his gravesite many times over the years. He was my father's first cousin.

The death of Doyne Conley Huie, HA1, US Navy is also memorialized by the US Government at the Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, MO.
Source: The Springfield National Cemetery
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/springfield.asp

There were 1.4 million gallons of fuel on the USS Arizona when she sank. Over 60 years later, approximately two quarts a day still surfaces from the ship. Pearl Harbor survivors refer to the oil droplets as "Black Tears."
Source: National Park Service
US Department of the Interior

I could have written a lot about the genealogy of Doyne's grandfather Augustus Bingham Moore, and quite a bit about his grandmother Nancy Ella (Gooden) (Duncan) Moore. However, it just seemed appropriate to let Doyne's sacrifice stand on its own.