A guitar player, he picked up the ukulele while stationed in Hawaii.
He s been presumed dead since December 7, 1941, when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor and set off a massive explosion that sank his battleship, the USS Arizona, launching the US into World War II.
William Edward Mann was killed in the Pearl Harbour attack during WWII.(AP)
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Now, his niece is among some families of crew members who are demanding the US military take advantage of advances in DNA technology to identify 85 sailors and Marines from the Arizona who were buried as unknowns.
They say the military has disinterred and identified remains from other Pearl Harbor battleships and should do the same for their loved ones.
Families urge using new DNA tech to ID Pearl Harbor unknowns
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