A man named Clarence A. Blaylock, who was 20 years old at the time of his death in the attack on Pearl Harbor over 80 years ago, was eventually located. He had been missing since the attack.
On Wednesday, authorities announced that the remains of a US Navy sailor who had been missing since the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 while serving on the USS Oklahoma had been recovered.
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Navy Fireman Clarence A. Blaylock, age 20, from Fort Worth, Texas, was serving aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma on the day that Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Blaylock was assigned to the USS Oklahoma (DPAA).
“The USS Oklahoma took many hits from torpedoes, which ultimately led to its quick destruction. 429 crew members, including Blaylock, were murdered in the attack on the ship “according to the report, the organization stated.
The Navy personnel who were involved in the recovery of the deceased’s remains needed three years to do so. Researchers had identified just 35 of the crew by 1947. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) revealed in a statement that Those who went unidentified were subsequently buried in 46 plots at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu.
