Oldest Living Survivor of Pearl Harbor Dies at 105 #RIP Pearl Harbor survivor Warren “Red” Upton who passed away on Christmas Day at the age of 105. Upton was a radioman aboard USS Utah when the battleship was hit by two torpedoes on 7 December 1941. As the Utah began to roll over, he abandoned ship and swam to Ford Island, towing a shipmate who did not know how to swim. - US Naval Institute