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Virtual sailor 7 ship sinking1/13/2024 Scientists at Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) labs in Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Hickam, Hawaii, and Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska, identify past-conflict Sailors. Since then, 355 have been individually identified. "Prior to the 2015 disinterment, which marked the beginning of Project Oklahoma, 388 service members were unaccounted for. Jory Morr, POW/MIA Branch Head, Navy Casualty Office. Duties included knowledge of naval drill duties, knots, steering and signaling, standing watches and gunnery duties. In 1941, Seaman First Class was the third-lowest enlisted rank in the United States Navy, above Seaman Apprentice and Seaman 2nd Class, after which Sailors would be assigned to their unique operational specialty. After he is placed in the funeral home chapel, the public has been invited in to pay their respects. The family, who lives in Glen Burnie area, has invited the public to be part of the ceremony. On Tuesday he will be flown into BWI Airport at 830 pm, then escorted to Singleton Funeral Home in Glen Burnie, where there will be a Dignified Transfer Ceremony. on July 16, in Glen Haven Memorial Park, Glen Burnie, Maryland. Seaman 1st Class William Brooks, a USS Oklahoma sailor, from Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, who died during the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor, will be buried at 11 a.m.
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