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A firing party from the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard fires 3-rifle volleys as part of military funeral honors for U.S. Navy Signalman 3rd Class Charles Nix in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 5, 2019.
From the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) press release:
On Dec. 7, 1941, Nix was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Nix.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Nix.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the NMCP for analysis.
To identify Nix’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis, dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Nix’s remains were officially accounted for on Sept. 25, 2017.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
| Date Taken: | 12.05.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 12.12.2019 11:14 |
| Photo ID: | 5975460 |
| VIRIN: | 191205-A-IW468-106 |
| Resolution: | 10800x7200 |
| Size: | 28.73 MB |
| Location: | ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, US |
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