Thank you for your service, Sir.
Will he be buried onboard the Arizona with his shipmates?
I thought I had read somewhere that the survivors wanted to do that.
Some interesting facts about the USS Arizona.
The Arizona has never been decommissioned there will never be another US Navy ship named Arizona.
Twenty-three sets of brothers died aboard USS Arizona. One father and son pair also died on the Arizona.
In total 77 siblings were on the Arizona on December 7, 1941.
The five Sullivan brothers who died when their ship, USS Juneau, was sunk enlisted in the navy because their friend Bill Ball had died on the Arizona.
Fuel continues to leak from USS Arizona’s wreckage.
The ship had taken a full load of fuel on the day before the attack. An estimated 500,000 gallons remain slowly leaking into the water.
It also leaks 9 quarts of oil a day
Some former crewmembers have chosen USS Arizona as their final resting place.
Since 1982, the U.S. Navy has allowed survivors of USS Arizona to be interred in the ship’s wreckage upon their deaths. Following a full military funeral at the Arizona memorial, the cremated remains are placed in an urn and then deposited by divers beneath one of the Arizona’s gun turrets. To date, more than 30 Arizona crewmen who survived Pearl Harbor have chosen the ship as their final resting place. Crewmembers who served on the ship prior to the attack may have their ashes scattered above the wreck site, and those who served on other vessels stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, may have their ashes scattered above their former ships.
A memorial was built at the USS Arizona site, thanks in part to Elvis Presley.
In March 1961, entertainer Elvis Presley, who had recently finished a two-year stint in the U.S. Army, performed a benefit concert at Pearl Harbor’s Block Arena that raised over $50,000—more than 10 percent of the USS Arizona Memorial’s final cost. The monument was officially dedicated on May 30, 1962, and attracts more than 1 million visitors each year.
https://www.history.com/news/5-facts-about-pearl-harbor-and-the-uss-arizona
The story says he will be interred there with his shipmates.