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were killed. Only 35 were than I carried his name and About 50 family members
identified in the years im- he was killed at Pearl Har- from Wisconsin, Florida, Ar-
mediately after the attack. bor. Once this DNA process kansas and Maryland will
The Oklahoma's casual- came along and made attend.
ties were second only to it possible to identify his "We were too young to
the USS Arizona, which lost remains, it just made him know him but we're old
1,177 men. much more of a real per- enough that we felt his
As of earlier this month, the son to me." loss," Starck said. "We know
agency has identified 186 Wade's siblings included some stories. There's this
sailors and Marines from four older sisters and one stoicness about things from
the Oklahoma who were older brother, accord- that time that kept people
previously unidentified. ing to a bio prepared by from talking about things
Slowly, the remains are be- his nephew. The Wade that hurt."
ing sent to be reburied in children were educated Bruesewitz's mother died in
places like Traer, Iowa, and by two teachers hired by childbirth when he was 6
Ontanogan, Michigan. their parents to live in the or 7, Starck said. Her father
In this July 7, 2018 file photo, U.S. Navy sailors fold the U.S. flag Here's a look at some of home and teach them un- and Bruesewitz were close
draped over the casket with the remains of Seaman First Class
Leon Arickx at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Osage, Iowa. those who have either al- til a community school was brothers. When Bruesewitz
Associated Press ready been reburied this built on donated property. was 14, they built barns in
year or who will be interred Wade had written home Wisconsin, Starck said. They
PEARL HARBOR Altogether, 429 sailors and on Friday: in September 1941 that he were educated in Lutheran
Continued from Previous Page Marines on the Oklahoma ___ had just taken promotion schools.
DURELL WADE tests from Aviation Machin- ___
Wade was born in 1917 in ist Mate 2nd Class to Chief WILLIAM KVIDERA
the Hardin Town commu- Aviation Machinist Mate. Hundreds of people filled
nity of rural Calhoun Coun- His nephew has been plan- a Catholic church in Traer,
ty, Mississippi. He enlisted ning his funeral. A gospel Iowa, in November for Wil-
in the Navy in 1936 and in singer will sing the national liam Kvidera's funeral.
1940 re-enlisted for another anthem. Bagpipes will play. The solemn ceremony in
two-year tour. Pilots will conduct a flyover. his hometown included full
His burial in his home state Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant military honors, the Water-
was originally planned for a and Capt. Brian Hortsman, loo-Cedar Falls Courier re-
weekend, when it would be commanding officer of Na- ported .
more convenient for peo- val Air Station Meridian, will "It's something like a
ple to attend. But because make remarks. dream," his brother, John
of scheduling conflicts at ___ Kvidera, 91, said.
the North Mississippi Veter- WILLIAM BRUESEWITZ John Kvidera was 14 when
ans Memorial Cemetery, Renate Starck has been he found out about the
his family decided the 77th pondering the eulogy she'll bombings at Pearl Harbor
anniversary of the attack give at the funeral for her and remembers huddling
would be an appropriate uncle, Navy Seaman 1st around a radio to find out
date, even if some people Class William Bruesewitz, on what was going on. The
have to take time off, said Friday. family initially received a
his nephew, Dr. Lawrence "We always have thought telegram saying William,
Wade. of him on Dec. 7," she said. the oldest of six siblings, was
He was one of the sailor's "He's already such a big missing in action.
relatives who provided part of that history." A telegram in February
DNA to help identify him. Bruesewitz, of Appleton, 1943 notified the family of
"My middle name is his Wisconsin, will be buried in his death.
name, Durell. My grandson Arlington National Ceme- ___
has that name also," said tery, near Washington, D.C. ROBERT KIMBALL HOLMES
the 75-year-old retired psy- "It's a real blessing to have The remains of Marine Pfc.
chiatrist from Baton Rouge, him returning and we've Robert Kimball Holmes
Louisiana. "I'd gone through chosen Arlington because were interred in August in
my life not really knowing we feel he's a hero and be- his hometown of Salt Lake
anything about him, other longs there," Starck said. City.q