Aaron, Hubert Charles Titus born on 22-10-1919, in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas, 
United States, his father, Alfred Alonzo Aaron, was 36 
and his mother, Jemima F. “Jennie” born Davis Aaron, was 35. 
His father was a farmer who used mules to plow their 46 acres at Texarkana.
Hubert lived in Days Creek Township, Miller, Arkansas, United States in 1930 and he registered for military service in 1941.
Hubert had three sisters and two brothers, Ruby A. Aaron Briggs (1904–1993), 
Byron Ruvelle Aaron (1907–1949), Esther Aaron Jones (1911–2006), 
and Nora Myrtis Aaron Briggs (1913–2008) 
, Arlie (22 -04-1906 – 05-03-1995).
If Hubert wasn’t playing baseball or chasing girls, he could be found helping his father work on the family farm. He loved baseball, according to a nephew who said Hubert could throw a ball higher than anyone he knew. A niece remembered him coming home with a girlfriend for Christmas in 1939. A cousin remembers Hubert singing hymns on Sundays in the front row of the Shiloh Baptist Church. Hubert completed three years of high school; leaving without finishing to enlist in the U.S. Navy. 
Hubert enlisted on 14-10-1940 with the rank of Seaman Recruit, Service Number: 3468621. SR Aaron was ordered to Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. After completion of Boot Camp SR Aaron was promoted to Apprentice Seaman and shifted his attention to his “A” School training by selecting a Military Occupational Speciality (mos) as Fireman Apprentice. Navy Fireman (FN) are responsible for standing engineering watches and performing minor maintenance repairs. This rating is part of an apprenticeship opportunity that leads to training in various ratings in propulsion and precision welding/fabrication/plumbing. Enlistees enter into this career path as Fireman Recruits and complete on-the-job training or technical schooling to enter into an available specialty career for which they both desire and qualify for. After graduating from “A” School, A.S. Aaron was promoted to Seaman Third Class/Fireman Third Class and assigned to the USS Arizona (BB-39). 
After graduation from “A” School, F3c Aaron was given leave to return home before reporting to his duty station. F3c Aaron first arrived onboard the USS Arizona (BB-39) on 04-01-1941 and began working as an Apprentice Fireman Third Class. Aaron’s job on the Arizona was as a fireman second class, which meant he was stationed in the engine room. His cousin recalled that growing up, he loved to work on motors.
Death and burial ground of Aaron, Hubert Charles Titus.
On 07-12-1941, Arizona (BB-39) was hit by Japanese torpedo bombers that dropped armor-piercing bombs during the attack on Pearl Harbor. 
After one of their bombs detonated in a magazine, she exploded violently and sank, with the loss of 1,177 officers and crewmen. Unlike many of the other ships sunk or damaged that day, Arizona was irreparably damaged by the force of the magazine explosion, though the Navy removed parts of the ship for reuse. The wreck still lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor beneath the USS Arizona Memorial. 
Dedicated on 30-05-1962 to all those who died during the attack, the memorial straddles but does not touch the ship’s hull. F2c Hubert Charles Titus Aaron was one of those sailors and personnel who were lost to this attack. F2c Aaron is memorialized in the Courts of the Missing, Court 5, at the Honolulu Memorial, 2177 Puowaina Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-1729.
The Courts of the Missing is located within the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. 
F2c Aaron is also memorialized in a grave in Arkansas.
Among his duties, he was a fireman and would most likely have been deep in the bowels of the USS Arizona or in his bunk when it was hit. Hubert, age 22, perished during the attack at Pearl Harbor on 07-12-1941 along with 1,176 other sailors and marines who died aboard the battleship USS Arizona. Hubert Aaron’s name is the first listed on the memorial of WW2 dead at Pearl Harbor. His remains were never recovered, but is memorialized in a grave in Arkansas, one in which his brother Ruvelle “Mann”, was actually interred. According to Morris Aaron, Jennie Aaron was adamant about putting a headstone up for Hubert, even though he died on the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, and there were no remains for him, she would not rest until she had something to memorialize him. When Ruvelle “Man” Aaron, his brother passed away, Jennie and Alonzo put both of their information on the memorial headstone, even though only Ruvelle is actually buried in the plot.
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