After almost 80 years, remains of Navy sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified
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Navy Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Leslie P. Delles (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (Tribune News Service) — The remains of a Navy sailor from St. Charles killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that triggered American entry into World War II have been identified, Defense Department officials announced this week.
The remains of Navy Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Leslie P. Delles, who was assigned to the USS Oklahoma before the United States entered World War II, were identified on Feb. 12, according to a news release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.