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Remains of Monticello seaman killed at Pearl Harbor returning to Iowa

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February 9th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) -The remains of a Monticello seaman who died in in World War Two are coming back to Iowa for burial.The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says Navy Seaman First Class Donald A. Stott was assigned to the battleship U-S-S Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on December 7th, 1941.

Navy Seaman 1st Class Donald A, Stott ((DPAA photo)

The Oklahoma quickly capsized, and Stott was among 429 crewmen who died. His remains were buried along with other unknowns in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. New methods that include D-N-A were later used to identify his remains, and they will be buried in Monticello on March 25th.