Remains of USS Oklahoma Unknown from Wyoming Identified

From the January 3, 2023, Casper (Wyoming) Star Tribune "Remains of Wyoming sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified."

Navy Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Herman Schmidt, 28, of Sheridan, Wyoming, was on board the USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1941.

His remains were officially identified two years ago, but announcement was put off by the Defense Department  until his family could be briefed.

He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery as some future date.

Since 2015, the remains of six other fallen  soldiers from Wyoming have been identified, including three killed in WW II, two from the Korean War and one from the Vietnam War.

--GreGen