Thanks to DNA testing, a U.S. Navy sailor and LA-area native will finally be laid to rest. George Gibson was presumed dead after the USS Oklahoma was sunk during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, but his remains were not identified until recently. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Friday, July 20, 2018.
More than 76 years after he was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Navy sailor has been laid to rest in Southern California.
Electrician's Mate 3rd Class George Harvey Gibson was buried with full military honors Saturday at Inglewood Park Cemetery near Los Angeles.
The Kansas native was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when the ship was attacked in Hawaii by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941. The 20-year-old was among 429 crewmen killed but his body was classified as non-recoverable.
The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced in February that Gibson's body had been finally accounted for thanks to advances in DNA testing.
