Remains of sailor killed in Pearl Harbor identified

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Remains of sailor killed in Pearl Harbor identified

By The Associated Press
Dec 1, 02:56 PM

BARBERTON, Ohio — The remains of an Ohio sailor who died nearly 80 years ago during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on Wednesday.

The agency said Buford Dyer, 19, of Barberton, was killed Dec. 7, 1941. He was among the 429 who died on the battleship USS Oklahoma.

Dyer’s remains were identified through DNA testing as part of a federal Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency effort to identify those who were recovered from the USS Oklahoma.

He will be buried on April 11 in Seville.

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Remains will return home for Barberton WWII sailor who died in Pearl Harbor attack

Alan Ashworth
Akron Beacon Journal
Published 2:30 p.m. ET Dec. 1, 2021 | Updated 8:26 p.m. ET Dec. 1, 2021

Almost 80 years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Barberton sailor is finally coming home.

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A newspaper clipping from the front page of the Akron Beacon Journal on Feb. 17, 1942, marks the military notification to family of the death of Navy seaman Buford Dyer of Barberton, who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Navy Seaman 1st Class Buford H. Dyer, 19, died with 428 crewmen in the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack, which led to the U.S. entry into World War II the next day.

Dyer served on the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. The battleship was hit by multiple torpedoes and capsized, and later became a widely recognized part of U.S. history.

Although some crew members survived by jumping into the harbor’s waters, Dyer perished and his remains were buried in Hawaii.

Dyer was a Barberton High School student as war tensions were growing prior to the Pearl Harbor attack. A newspaper account from the time lists his age as 20 and his address as Canal Street.

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