From the January 5, 2021, KMBC News, Fort Scott, Kansas "Remains of Fort Scott, Kansas, sailor identified decades after Pearl Harbor attack."
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency reported Tuesday that the remains of a sailor from Fort Scott, Kansas, have been identified nearly 80 years after his death.
Navy Fireman 3rd Class William L. Barnett was 21 and assigned t the battleship USS West Virginia moored by Ford Island at Pearl Harbor when the attack came and William died. The ship lost 106 crewmen, including him. Sixty-six were unable to be identified.
By the time his remains were recovered, there was no way to determine who was who and he and the other 65 were buried in 35 caskets of West Virginia crewmen. Those were exhumed a short time ago and DNA analysis used to identify them.
His remains were identified back on September 14 2020.
His remains will be transferred to Fort Scott and buried on May 29.
It Is So Wonderful That the Government Is Making This Effort to Identify These Men. --GreGen
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