Remains of Iowa native killed in Korean War accounted for and being returned to the state
Image of Army Cpl. Eldert J. Beek from the DPAA
(KWWL) Iowa native Eldert Beek, an Army Corporal who was killed during the Korean War, has been accounted for and will be laid to rest in Iowa.
Corporal Beek, from Sibley, Iowa, was 20-years-old when he was reportedly killed over 70 years ago in late 1950. His remains were accounted for April 14th, 2020, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).
Scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis including circumstantial evidence. Scientists of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
He was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. It took 79 years, but he s finally going home to East Tennessee
The Tennessee native was just 21 years old when the battleship USS Oklahoma was attacked, killing him and 428 other crewmen. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 11:31 AM CDT May 12, 2021
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. An East Tennessee sailor who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has finally been identified and will be laid to rest in his hometown.
Navy Fireman 1st Class Paul E. Saylor of Johnson City was only 21 on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. He was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, moored at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, when the ship fell victim to the surprise aerial attack.
May 12, 2021
La PORTE, Ind. (AP) The remains of two Indiana brothers who were killed in the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified by U.S. military scientists.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday it had identified the remains of Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class Harold F. Trapp, 24, and Navy Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class William H. Trapp, 23.
The brothers from La Porte in northern Indiana were assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941, when it was attacked by Japanese aircraft while moored at Pearl Harbor.
The USS Oklahoma capsized after sustaining multiple torpedo hits and 429 crewmen were killed, including the Trapp brothers.