From the October 20, 2021, ABC 7 News "Octavius Mabine, Navy sailor from Virginia lost on December 7, 1941, has been identified" by Don Parker.
A U.S. Navy sailor from Virginia who was killed along with 428 others when the USS Oklahoma went down in Pearl Harbor has been identified according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).
Navy Mess Attendant Octavius Mabine, 21, of Portsmouth, Virginia, died when his ship capsized after being hit by multiple torpedoes while moored next to Ford Island in Pearl Harbor.
Both he and the previous post's Rodger Butts were from Portsmouth, Virginia, and worked in the ship's mess.
He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery at a future date.
It is so wonderful to be having these brave men identified. Thanks DPAA.
--GreGen
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