Payton Lafayette Vanderpool Jr.

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Payton Lafayette Vanderpool Jr. Veteran

Birth
Missouri, USA
Death
7 Dec 1941 (aged 22)
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Burial
Braymer, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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According to news reports in November, 2003, this 22 year old was a fireman in the Navy and sitting on a dock at Pearl Harbor when he was killed in the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941. His unidentified remains were listed as an "Unknown" and originally buried at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. However, in 2003, DNA testing proved the disinterred remains to be that of "PL" Vanderpool. His remains will be reinterred with his parents at their family plot in Braymer, Missouri, on 7 December 2003 at 1pm.
According to news reports in November, 2003, this 22 year old was a fireman in the Navy and sitting on a dock at Pearl Harbor when he was killed in the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941. His unidentified remains were listed as an "Unknown" and originally buried at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. However, in 2003, DNA testing proved the disinterred remains to be that of "PL" Vanderpool. His remains will be reinterred with his parents at their family plot in Braymer, Missouri, on 7 December 2003 at 1pm.