The remains of Daniel Fletcher Harris and his shipmates who couldn't be identified remained in Hawaii graves for years until substantial advances were made in DNA and identification technology.
Daniel Harris will be buried Dec. 7 at Fort Rosecrans cemetery, 81 years after his death, thanks to USS Oklahoma Project, which identifies sailor's remains
On Dec. 7, a sailor killed at Pearl Harbor, Daniel Fletcher Harris, will be buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. It will be an especially poignant day for three sisters and their family members who live in La Jolla, Calif.
Daniel Fletcher Harris was the chief fire controlman of the Oklahoma battleship, one of the first bombed when Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.