Remains identified of Coldwater sailor killed at Pearl Harbor
The Lima News
In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, part of the hull of the capsized USS Oklahoma is seen at right as the battleship USS West Virginia, center, as it begins to sink after suffering heavy damage, while the USS Maryland, left, is still afloat in Pearl Harbor.
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The remains of more than 300 sailors and Marines who died when the USS Oklahoma sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor 79 years ago have been identified thanks to the work of experts at Offutt Air Force Base.
Among those identified was Robert Edward Bailey, 21, of Coldwater, according to a story in the Celina Daily Standard.