Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd Class Merle Hillman died at Pearl Harbor in 1941, but his remains were only identified late last year, using DNA technology. This Saturday, several of his remaining family members will bury him in his hometown of Holyoke, accompanied by full military honors.
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Merle Hillman, a 25-year-old Holyoke native who served as a pharmacist’s mate in the US Navy, was identified after his remains lay buried for many decades in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, where many unidentified military personnel’s remains were interred at the time.
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