From the December 5, 2020, Lexington (Nebraska) Clipper Herald.
In 2015, the decision was made to disinter the remains of the USS Oklahoma Unknowns and use DNA to identify those buried in the mass communal graves. So far, 242 have been identified, but not Ray Pentica (see today's post in the Not So Forgotten: War of 1812 blog).
One of those found was Grant Cook, Jr. of Cozad, Nebraska. In fact, 22 of the sailors and Marines who died on the Oklahoma on December 7, 1941, were from Nebraska.
Remains of the Oklahoma's Unknowns continue to be identified. Just this past November 24, two brothers who died on the ship, Harold Trapp and William Trapp were accounted for through DNA testing.
--Pearl Harbor
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