US Navy seaman killed in Pearl Harbor attack is returned back home after nearly 77 years and is buried with full military honors The Defense Department's POW/MIA Accounting Agency says Navy Seaman 1st Class Edward Slapikas was buried in his hometown on Saturday Slapikas, then 26, was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941 People throughout the area came to honor Slapikas at St. Mary's Cemetery Saturday morning, greeting him on his return back home The remains of a U.S. Navy seaman killed in the attack at Pearl Harbor was buried near his boyhood home on Saturday after nearly 77 years.
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