SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The remains of a Utah Marine who died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are finally coming home.
Marine Pfc. Robert Kimball Holmes was 19 years old when he died while serving on aboard the USS Oklahoma in 1941.
The Marine is finally returning to Salt Lake City thanks to a recent DNA match.
A casket carrying his remains will arrive Friday night at the Salt Lake City International Airport.
A military funeral for him will take place Monday at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Holmes was the youngest of seven children. All of his siblings are dead.
His 83-year-old nephew, Robert J. Holmes, has childhood memories of the uncle he was named after.
He told the Deseret News that his uncle’s homecoming has been exciting for the whole family.
