From the July 28, 2021, Commonwealth Journal (Somerset, Ky.) Services set for local seaman killed at Pearl Harbor" by Janie Slavin.
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Floyd Dee Helton of Somerset was serving aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1941, when he met his death. The Oklahoma lost 429 men, including Helton who was just 18 at the time.
He was one of the ship's Unknowns. The country finally identified his remains on April 23, 2020.
He will be buried this Saturday at Sloans Valley Cemetery with full military honors.
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Fireman 1st Class Louis James Tushla of Nebraska died December 7, 1941, aboard the USS Oklahoma and was one of the many Unknowns of that ship when it was finally uprighted years after capsizing. The bodies were, by then, unidentifiable with technology that existed. But now, using DNA, identification has been taking place.
He was identified on March 27, 2020. He was buried July 17, 2021, in his hometown of Atkinson, Nebraska.
--GreGen
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