USS Oklahoma Unknown Frank Nicoles Buried in Texas

From the January 24, 2022, KENS 5, CBS, "Decades after perishing  at Pearl Harbor, World War II sailor's remains return to San Antonio

Frank Nicoles' remains were buried Monday, January 24 in San Antonio, Texas.  He was a Fireman in the U.S. Navy and just 24 years old when he met his death.   Fir decades, his remains were buried as an Unknown in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in the Honolulu, one of 394 sailors and Marines from the American battleship USS Oklahoma.

It wasn't until modern technology using DNA from descendants and relatives that the event in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.

Christopher Thompson, one of Nicoles' only living  was there who was born before the sailor's death, was there.  "It's an emotional moment," he said Monday.  "The family is very gratified at the work the military  has gone to to try  to identify and bring home casualties from the war."

Officials at the Department of Defense said in September that, at that point, fewer than 50 of the initial 394 Oklahoma Unknowns remained unidentified.

Such A Great Thing the Government Is Doing.  --GreGen