“I saw the horse races and had a swell time. I didn’t get drunk either,” said a WWII sailor from East TN in a letter to family before the attack on Pearl Harbor
He was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. It took 79 years, but he s finally going home to East Tennessee
The Tennessee native was just 21 years old when the battleship USS Oklahoma was attacked, killing him and 428 other crewmen. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 11:31 AM CDT May 12, 2021
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. An East Tennessee sailor who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has finally been identified and will be laid to rest in his hometown.
Navy Fireman 1st Class Paul E. Saylor of Johnson City was only 21 on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. He was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, moored at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, when the ship fell victim to the surprise aerial attack.
Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attacks identified as East Tennessean
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Navy Fireman 1st Class Paul E. Saylor
and last updated 2021-05-11 14:38:30-04
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WTVF) â The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced this week the remains of a sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified as an East Tennessean.
Navy Fireman 1st Class Paul E. Saylor from Johnson City, Tennessee was accounted for on November 24, 2020.
The DPAA said Saylor was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was attacked at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
The ship was hit by multiple torpedoes, causing it to quickly capsize. Four hundred and twenty-nine crewmen aboard the USS Oklahoma died in the attack, including Saylor who was 21 years old.
He was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. It took 79 years, but he s finally coming home to East Tennessee
The Johnson City native was just 21 years old when the battleship USS Oklahoma was attacked, killing him and 428 other crewmen. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 11:22 PM EDT May 13, 2021
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. An East Tennessee sailor who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has finally been identified and will be laid to rest in his hometown.
Navy Fireman 1st Class Paul E. Saylor of Johnson City was only 21 on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. He was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, moored at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, when the ship fell victim to the surprise aerial attack.