Ohio sailor killed at Pearl Harbor is identified, buried at Arlington
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A photo from the burial service of Navy Radioman 3rd Class Thomas E. Griffith, 20, of Dayton, who was killed during World War II, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)
DAYTON, Ohio (Tribune News Service) After nearly 80 years, U.S. Navy Radioman 3rd Class Thomas E. Griffith has been laid to rest.
Griffith, 20, is a Daytonian who was killed during World War II. No longer unknown, he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said.
On Dec. 7, 1941 the day of the surprise attack against American naval forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -Griffith was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, the agency said.
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