In connection with Harold Costil, who I wrote about yesterday and Friday. he was one of the WestVirginia unidentifieds.
From the December 7, 2016, Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald "Unknowns from the USS West Virginia will be the bnext to finally be identified" by Steve Liewer.
It is wonderful that the United States has been identifying the remains of the USS Oklahoma's unidentified. This was the ship sustaining the second-most casualties at Pearl harbor. The USS Arizona had the most. Now, the Department of Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency can turn its attention on the ship with the third highest number of casualties, as well as unidentifieds.
The agency now has approval to open 35 unidentified graves associated with the USS West Virginia. These graves contain an estimated 38 sailors and Marines. Most of the graves will have skulls and jawbones with teeth. This will be a much easier effort as the West Virginia graves were not as commingled as were the ones from the Oklahoma.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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