Deer Creek Township in Delphi in Carroll County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Entombed Aboard the USS Arizona

December 7, 1941

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 13, 2026

1. Entombed Aboard the USS Arizona Marker

Inscription.
Billy Byron Baird Seaman First Class Born October 2, 1922 • Elmer Lee Foreman Fireman Second Class Born June 25, 1916

United States Army • United States Navy • Semper Fidelis USMC • United States Air Force • United States Coast Guard 1790

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military.

Location. 40° 35.64′ N, 86° 39.244′ W. Memorial is in Delphi, Indiana, in Carroll County. It is in Deer Creek Township. It is at the intersection of West North Street and East Main Street, on the right when traveling south on West North Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 300 W North St, Delphi IN 46923, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Indiana.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

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least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wabash & Erie Canal (within shouting distance of this marker); Monon High Bridge Trail (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Welcome to Delphi (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named Wabash & Erie Canal (about 600 feet away); Retaining the Past & Forging the Future (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of Cabin Home Gen. Samuel Milroy (approx. 0.2 miles away); Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District (approx. 0.4 miles away); Foreman-Case House (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Delphi.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Samuel Milroy (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Remembering Carroll County sailors killed in Pearl Harbor. Carroll County Comet December 3, 2025 issue

On December 7, 1941, 1,177 sailors were killed when the Japanese bombed the USS Arizona. Two of them were from Carroll County: Billy Byron Baird and Elmer Lee Foreman. They joined the Navy together and requested to be on the same ship. They remain entombed on the Arizona.

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 13, 2026

2. Entombed Aboard the USS Arizona Marker

(Submitted on October 8, 2026, by Daniel Barriball of Chesterton, Indiana.)

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 13, 2026

3. Entombed Aboard the USS Arizona Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 13, 2026

4. Entombed Aboard the USS Arizona Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 13, 2026

5. Entombed Aboard the USS Arizona Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 13, 2026

6. Entombed Aboard the USS Arizona Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 15 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 2, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.