COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A sailor who was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 is finally returning home to be laid to rest. Donald McCloud was one of the many unidentified sailors who were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu after the attack on […]
LOGAN – Over eight decades after he was killed during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, a Logan County native will finally return home to West Virginia to
LOGAN A Navy sailor killed aboard the USS Oklahoma will finally be laid to rest this Saturday. Navy Controlman 2nd Class Donald Robert McCloud hailed from Monaville and was only 21-years-old back on December seventh, 1941. It has taken 81 years since that day of infamy for McCloud to return home. McCloud was assigned to the Oklahoma moored at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese sneak attack occurred. McCloud was among the 429 dead aboard the USS Oklahoma during recovery efforts following the attack.
LOGAN, W.Va. — Over eight decades after he was killed during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, a Logan County native will finally return home to West Virginia