Remains ID’d of 2 Indiana brothers killed during Pearl Harbor attack The Associated Press May 12 Navy Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class William H. Trapp, left, and Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class Harold F. Trapp (DPAA) La PORTE, Ind. 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.
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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.
Remains identified as Ohio infantryman killed during WWII
White will be buried June 12, 2021, in Long Bottom, Ohio. Share Updated: 1:40 PM EDT May 11, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff SOURCE: DPAA
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White will be buried June 12, 2021, in Long Bottom, Ohio. Share Updated: 1:40 PM EDT May 11, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff WLWT Digital Staff Remains left unidentified for decades are those of a 21-year-old Ohio infantryman killed during World Warr II. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that Army Pfc. James White, 21, of Chester, Ohio, was accounted for in January of last year. In the spring and summer of 1944, White, an infantryman, was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), also known as Merrill’s Marauders. After taking the airfield in Myitkyina, Burma, from the Japanese on May 17, White
Agency identifies remains of La Porte brothers who died aboard USS Oklahoma
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced it has identified the remains of the Trapp brothers of La Porte who died on the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class Harold F. Trapp, 24, and Navy Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class William H. Trapp, 23, were identified as part of an ongoing project to identify all of the remains recovered.
Their remains were identified on November 24, 2020.
The USS Oklahoma was moored at Fort Island in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The attack resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including the Trapp brothers.