Wisconsin sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest

WISC ^ | June 19, 2018 | ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Berlin_Freeper]

A Wisconsin sailor who died at Pearl Harbor will be laid to rest more than 75 years after his death.

Navy Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class John Schoonover of Port Edwards, Wisconsin, was among 429 crewmen who died aboard the USS Oklahoma after Japanese torpedoes capsized the ship on Dec. 7, 1941. Schoonover was 39.

[Berlin_Freeper]

RIP

[fidelis]

"Sailors who couldn't be identified were buried in a large Hawaii gravesite known as the Punchbowl"

I was able to visit the Punchbowl (actually the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific) on my recent visit to Hawaii. With all the natural beauties of the Islands, Punchbowl (along with Pearl Harbor) were the most stirring memories I have of that visit.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.