{"id":1981215,"date":"2023-07-24T11:34:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-finally-laid-to-rest-near-kentucky-home\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:35:27","slug":"sailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-finally-laid-to-rest-near-kentucky-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-finally-laid-to-rest-near-kentucky-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally rests near Kentucky home."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-finally-laid-to-rest-near-kentucky-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981215&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>After Eight Decades, Sailor Killed in Pearl Harbor \u200cAttack Finally Laid to \u2063Rest<\/h2>\n<p>After eight\u200c decades, the remains belonging to a sailor who was killed during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-finally-laid-to-rest-near-kentucky-home\/\" title=\"Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally rests near Kentucky home.\">finally\u200c laid<\/a> to rest with full military honors Saturday near his boyhood home.<\/p>\n<p>Navy Seaman 1st Class Elmer\u2062 P.\u200d Lawrence, 25, died \u200dDec. 7, 1941, while\u2062 aboard \u200bthe USS Oklahoma, \u200caccording to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emergency-wisconsin-lawsuit-to-stop-certification-challenges-nearly-160000-votes\/\" title=\"Emergency Wisconsin Lawsuit To Stop Certification Challenges Nearly 160,000 Votes\">news release<\/a> from\u200c the Defense \u2062POW\/MIA Accounting Agency.<\/p>\n<h3>Students for DeSantis Reaches 100 Campuses Nationwide<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly\u2062 capsize. The attack on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-black-voters-oppose-chain-migration-by-almost-two-to-one\/\" title=\"Poll: Black Voters Oppose Chain Migration by Almost Two to One\">ship resulted<\/a> in the \u2064deaths \u2064of 429 crewmen, including Lawrence,&#8221; the release read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of \u200bthe deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu\u2019uanu Cemeteries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Remains belonging to Lawrence were identified in early 2021 \u200bthrough\u200b DNA testing, but a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-drought-leaves-lake-low-missing-plane-appears-to-be-found-at-bottom\/\" title=\"California Drought Leaves Lake Low, Missing Plane Appears To Be Found At Bottom\">proper burial<\/a> \u2063near his boyhood home of Park City, Kentucky, finally took place Saturday in Railton, according to \u2062a report.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence&#8217;s \u2062cousin, Nashville singer-songwriter Sheila Lawrence, led the effort to bring her family home, the report noted.<\/p>\n<p>Elmer Lawrence was the oldest child,\u200b and his death at Pearl Harbor \u200dbroke his family.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It broke everybody\u2019s heart, even though none of us, hardly any\u200c of us alive now knew him, but we knew\u200c him because they kept his memory alive,&#8221; Sheila Lawrence said. &#8220;They kept Elmer with all\u200b of us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After his death, Lawrence was awarded the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, and bringing his remains home was a final honor.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It was important to my dad,&#8221; Sheila said. &#8220;My dad was three years younger than Elmer and he \u2063really thought \u200che was the bee&#8217;s knees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Todd Mantioch, an advocate for POW\/MIA service members, echoed Sheila&#8217;s sentiment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE \u2062FROM\u200b THE\u2063 WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;For him \u2064to set foot on Kentucky\u2019s soil \u200cafter all that time, it literally gave us chills,&#8221; Mantioch said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s going to be home, laid\u200d to rest next to his mom and dad where he was \u200bsupposed to \u200bbe at the age of 25, 81 years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 80 years, the remains of Navy Seaman 1st Class Elmer P. Lawrence, who died during the Pearl Harbor attack, were laid to rest near his childhood home. The sailor, aged 25, was honored with full military rites on Saturday. 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