Pearl Harbor

2022 - 5 - 13

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Iowa sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack will be buried Saturday in ... (desmoinesregister.com)

The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 429 crewmen of the USS Oklahoma, including Navy Seaman 1st Class David F. Tidball, of Independence.

Nichols, a Navy Storekeeper 3rd Class, was 21 when he was killed in the attack. "To identify Tidball’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis," the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a news release. The official death toll at Pearl Harbor was 2,403, according to USA TODAY reports, including 2,008 Navy personnel, 109 Marines, 218 Army service members and 68 civilians. More than 400 Navy crewmen on the Oklahoma were killed in the attack, including Tidball. In 1947, the American Graves Registration Service was tasked with disinterring the remains to identify the fallen soldiers. A sailor from Iowa killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor will be returned to his hometown for burial Saturday, according to a news release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

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Remains of Portsmouth sailor killed in attack on Pearl Harbor to be ... (13newsnow.com WVEC)

A Portsmouth, Virginia sailor who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor over 80 years ago is returning home to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Iowa sailor who died at Pearl Harbor attack laid to rest Friday (KCCI Des Moines)

Funeral services for Navy storekeeper Harry Nichols are happening at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Sioux City. Advertisement. Nichols was just 21 years old when ...

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Sioux City Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally laid to rest (Siouxland News)

A Sioux City native who was aboard the USS Oklahoma during the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor was finally laid to rest Friday, over 80 years after that ...

But thanks to advancements in DNA technology, 388 have been able to be identified since 2015. Store Keeper 3rd Class Harry Nichols was able to be identified through familial DNA submitted to 23 and me. Of the 429 crewmen lost on the USS Oklahoma, only 25 were able to be identified right away and the rest were buried in mass graves.

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PHOTOS: Harry Nichols, Sioux Citian killed in Pearl Harbor attack ... (Sioux City Journal)

Burial services are held Friday, May 13, 2022, for Harry Nichols at Memorial Park Cemetery in Sioux City. Nichols, a Sioux City native was killed on board ...

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Graveside services to be held for Independence soldier who died at ... (Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier)

The fallen soldier will receive full military honors, including a 21-gun salute, at the 1 p.m. services Saturday at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Independence.

He continued his education at Independence Community College and received his diploma May 23, 1940. The website states the process began in 2003 with the disinterment of a single casket of “unknown” USS Oklahoma remains, thought to contain the commingled remains of five individuals. Berner said a display at Saturday’s service will include some of his awards, including his Purple Heart, as well as the telegram from when the family was notified Tidball was missing in action. On July 30, 1940, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Dubuque and attended his basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. Tidball’s remains were recently identified. The fallen sailor, who was aboard the USS Oklahoma when it sank, will receive full military honors, including a 21-gun salute, at the 1 p.m. services Saturday at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Independence. Sheehan-Tidball American Legion Post #30 in Independence, which was named in honor of his service, will perform the salute.

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Sioux City native killed at Pearl Harbor returns home (KTIV)

Siouxland remembers and honors the live of Navy Store Keeper 3rd Class Harry Nichols.

After the attacks, Harry’s own mother wondered for months what had happened to her son. “Very proud and happy, at the same time. Born and raised right here in Sioux City, Harry Nichols enlisted straight out of high school and served for just about a year before he was killed at 21 years old.

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Sioux City native, Pearl Harbor casualty finally brought home to rest (Sioux City Journal)

A Naval honor guard carries Harry Nichols' casket to the grave site during burial services Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery. Nichols, a Sioux City native, ...

Mark Nichols submitted a DNA sample in 2018, and on May 30, 2019, the family was notified that Harry Nichols' remains had been identified. "It's a time to celebrate," Peck said. Born in Sioux City on Aug. 16, 1920, the second of three children, Harry Nichols graduated from East High School before enlisting in the Navy in January 1941. A military service and burial were planned for March 2020, but COVID delayed those plans until Friday, when, under blue skies on a beautiful spring morning, dozens of area veterans lined the cemetery entrance in salute as the hearse bearing Nichols' flag-draped coffin passed by. This is a day to celebrate his homecoming by remembering his sacrifice and the sacrifice of others who gave their life for freedom." "We celebrate that there will be closure, but this legacy will live on.

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Siouxland WWII veteran laid to rest in Sioux City 80 years late (KCAU 9)

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — One of Sioux City's World War II heroes was finally able to come home Friday, more than 80 years after he gave his life serving ...

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