Herbert “Bert” Jacobson will be laid to rest on Tuesday, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II. Members of Jacobson’s family have waited all their lives to attend a memorial for the young man they knew about but never met. Jacobson was…
A 21-year-old Grayslake sailor was laid to rest Tuesday after a decadeslong effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II.
A 21-year-old sailor has been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery more than 80 years after he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Scientific testing that started in 2015 on remains of men whose bodies were pulled from the USS Oklahoma after the attack led to the identification of Herbert “Bert” Jacobson, and more than 350 others. Tuesday's funeral service for Jacobson ended decades of questions from relatives of the sailor from Grayslake, Illinois. Nephew Brad McDonald said the burial would bring his family closure, knowing "where he is and that he’s being finally laid to rest after being listed as an unknown for so long.”
A 21-year-old sailor is being laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery more than 80 years after he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.