From the January 3, 2023, Fox 31, Colorado's Own by Jeremy Hubbard.
Navy Seaman 1st Class Maurice Spangler was born and raised in Defiance, Ohio, and was just 19 when he died aboard the USS Oklahoma on the morning of December 7, 1941.
A total of 429 crew members died that day, but only 35 were identified when the ship was finally uprighted after being sunk for two years.
In April 2015, the Pentagon ordered Project Oklahoma. As one of Maurice's few living relatives, Jerry Spangler gave DNA samples to help with his uncle's identification.
Maurice Spangler will be laid to rest again at the Punch Bowl in Oahu on January 4.
--GreGen
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