There were at least four-known sailors who died of the 106 deaths from the West Virginia. All were identified, however.
Frank J. Bartek, of Wahoo, Nebraska was buried after the war in Colon, Nebraska.
Myron Goodwin, of Sidney, was buried in Gering.
Edward Durkee, of Arlington, and Clement Durr, of Nebraska City, are interred at a military cemetery in Honolulu.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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