Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Herman Schmidt, who died during the Pearl Harbor attack, was given full military honors and laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery Thursday.
The Navy on Thursday laid to rest the remains of a 28-year-old sailor who was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, the culmination of a decades-long effort to identify his remains among the hundreds of unidentified sailors and marines killed in the Japanese sneak attack in 1941 that drew the U.S. into World War II.
A Sheridan man and Navy Crewman who was killed during the Pearl Harbor attack during World War II, will soon be buried at one of America's oldest and prestigious National Cemeteries, reserved for those who served our country with dignity and honor.
According to the US Navy, 28 year old Gunner's M
Crew members of the USS Oklahoma and aircraft shot down during World War II were among 17 service members recently accounted for by the Defense Department agency tasked with recovering troops listed as missing in action or prisoners of war.