Nebraska-born sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack to be buried Wednesday

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Steve Liewer

Had Omaha native Chester Seaton lived to a ripe old age, he would be celebrating his 97th birthday on Wednesday.

Instead, 76 years after his death in the attack on Pearl Harbor, he’ll be buried alongside his parents, for the first time under a headstone that bears his name.

Seaton, a Navy petty officer first class, died Dec. 7, 1941, aboard the USS Oklahoma. His bones, commingled with those of nearly 400 of his shipmates, were buried for decades in a Hawaiian military cemetery beneath gravestones marked “Unknown.”

He is the 149th USS Oklahoma crew member to be identified through the efforts of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base since 2015, when the caskets holding remains from the battleship were disinterred from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific for identification using modern DNA technology.

FULL story at link below photo.




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[turbinetree]

1. Chester Seaton............Navy petty officer first class..............USS Oklahoma................

[lapucelle]

2. That's a very moving story.

Rest in peace, Petty Officer Seaton, and thank you for your service.

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3. This will be played at his services ...

Forty years out of the Navy and I get still get shivers from this.