June 01, 2021 - 6:25 PM
DELTA, Utah (AP) â The remains of a Navy sailor who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor have returned to Salt Lake City, and a ceremony at his home in Delta is scheduled, officials said.
Navy Radioman 3rd Class Theodore Q. Jensen, 22, of Delta was identified in December 2020 using dental and anthropological analysis, KSTU-TV reported. He was aboard the USS Oklahoma when it was attacked by Japanese aircraft, killing more than 400 crewmen, including Jensen.reported
Jensen was buried with the other soldiers and sailors, and in 2015, the Navy started exhuming and identifying them, officials said.
âHis buddies drove back to my mom and said as he got off the ship, he said, âOh, I forgot my camera,ââ said Sharon Senecal, Jensenâs niece. âAnd that was the last they saw of him.â
The remains of Navy Radioman 3rd Class Theodore Q. Jensen, who served aboard the USS Oklahoma, were identified in December 2020 using dental and anthropological analysis.