Walter Henry Sollie comes home

Twist sends us the news that Walter Henry Sollie is coming home after a 75 year absence. He was in an unmarked grave in The Punchbowl in Hawaii after losing his life aboard USS Oklahoma on December 7th, 1941. Hondo told us that DPAA had identified Walter’s earthly remains in August.

The Demopolis Times reports that Walter’s brother, Fred, also a sailor at Pearl Harbor that fateful day watched from his own station aboard USS Schley as his brother’s ship was struck by enemy Japanese fire. Walter had been in the Navy since 1923.

Acording to the Oak Lawn Funeral Home, a service will be held for Walter tomorrow at the Pensacola Naval Air Station at 11:00 am at the Pensacola Aviation Chapel

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