Another Illinois Pearl Harbor Unknown Identified: Herbert Jacobson-- Part 1

From the same article as the news about Keith Tipsword.

Tipsword wasn't the only Illinois veteran at Pearl Harbor recently identified through the use of DNA.  The remains of Herbert Jacobson, 21, of northwest suburban Grayslake, were recently identified, and his family, some of them who now live in North Carolina, chose to have him buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

The night before the attack, Jacobson had worked running boats from the USS Oklahoma to the dock, according to his nephew, Bradley McDonald.  After his shift, he filed a report, got a meal and retired to sleep in his bunk.

That's where he likely died when the ship was hit by torpedoes, capsized and sank, trapping hundreds of men below decks.

--GreGen