Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried 76 years later
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The funeral for a recently identified Kentucky sailor who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago is bringing his family together for the first time in decades.
Fred Crowder said he and his brother are visiting their uncle's home in Louisville and meeting their Kentucky cousins for the first time as the family comes together to honor the memory of Navy Fireman 1st Class Samuel Crowder, whose remains were recently identified with DNA.
Crowder's remains will be interred Saturday at Resthaven Memorial Park in Louisville beside his mother. The 35-year-old was among 429 crewmen on the USS Oklahoma who died when the battleship was hit with torpedoes and capsized Dec. 7, 1941.