Georgia sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried in Arlington
The remains of Navy Shipfitter 3rd Class John M. Donald will be laid to rest Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery. He was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The remains of Navy Shipfitter 3rd Class John M. Donald will be laid to rest Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery. He was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
In 2015, the Oklahoma Project launched with the goal of naming and sending home the remaining 394 men.
By CHRISTOPHER QUINN | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Published: April 23, 2021 ATLANTA (Tribune News Service) — After a 79-year wait, the remains of William E. Blanchard, a Georgian killed in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, are coming home. The body of the sailor who died when he was 24 years old finally has been identified, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday morning. Blanchard — from Tignall, a tiny community near Athens — will be buried June 7 in North Carolina. That leaves just one unidentified Georgia service member who died in the surprise attack that d...