Funeral Date Set for USS Oklahoma Unknown: Fireman 2nd Class Martin D. Young

From the May 7, 2021, Evansville Ind. TriState Homepage

Lewisport, Kentucky.  A funeral date has been set for Navy Fireman 2nd Class Martin D. Young, of Hawesville, Ky., who was killed on the USS Oklahoma during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.  He was 21 when he died.  And now, he is returning home.

The USS Oklahoma was moored by Ford Island on that date and 429 of her crew died, including Mr. Young.

His body was accounted for on  August 19, 2019.

Volunteers are asked to put up flags on May 13.    Visitation will be at the Gibson and Son Funeral  Home on May 15 from 10 am to noon.  After the funeral service, the community is encouraged to line the  route to the cemetery in Lewisport.

--GreGen