WWII sailor laid to rest
USS Oklahoma Navy Fire Controlman 1st Class Robert L. Corn was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on Wednesday. Corn enlisted in the Navy in Portland, Oregon, in 1936 and was assigned to the Oklahoma the following year.
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USS Oklahoma Navy Fire Controlman 1st Class Robert L. Corn was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on Wednesday. Corn enlisted in the Navy in Portland, Oregon, in 1936 and was assigned to the Oklahoma the following year. He was one of 429 crew members who died on the Oklahoma after it was struck by a torpedo during the Japanese aircraft attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Honors and Ceremonies crew conduct the ceremonial flag folding.
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Attending the ceremony as next of kin was Robert Griffin, second cousin, first removed, who came in lieu of his father who died during the pandemic. “It took four years and three tries before we were able to complete this, but it certainly was worth it,” said Griffin.
Pictured is Robert Griffin receiving the U.S. flag from USN Rear Admiral Ingrid Rader.
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USS Oklahoma Navy Fire Controlman 1st Class Robert L. Corn, 24, was one of 388 crewmen who remained unidentified until January 29, 2019 when his remains were accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency through DNA analysis. Pictured are cemetery workers saluting after lowering Corn’s casket into the grave.
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USN Petty Officer First Class Ramsey Abbott salutes during the ceremonial flag folding.
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USS Oklahoma Navy Fire Controlman 1st Class Robert L. Corn’s head marker in the foreground as cemetery workers lower Corn’s casket into the grave.
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Attendees gather for the burial at the cemetery.
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