US EditionEight decades after dying in Pearl Harbor attack, Georgia-born sailor gets Arlington farewell
- In March 2025, naval officer John Connolly was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery more than 80 years after dying in the Pearl Harbor attack on the USS Oklahoma.
- Connolly, who was scheduled to retire three weeks after the December 7, 1941 attack, had been declared missing until the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified his remains through extensive research.
- DPAA disinterred remains from the USS Oklahoma in 2015, collecting over 13,000 bones and 4,900 DNA samples, and combined dental evidence with DNA to confirm Connolly's identity for a detailed 200-page Navy report.
- During the ceremony, seven sailors fired a three-volley 21-gun salute, and Connolly's daughter Virginia accepted a folded flag as the family received closure from the historic identification effort.
- Connolly’s story highlights the lasting impact of the Pearl Harbor tragedy and reflects DPAA’s ongoing efforts to provide families with definitive answers after decades of uncertainty.
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Eight decades after dying in Pearl Harbor attack, Georgia-born sailor gets Arlington farewell • Kansas Reflector
Virginia Connolly accepts a folded flag during a ceremony honoring her father, John Connolly, in March 2025 at Arlington National Cemetery. (Tracey Attlee)More than 80 years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor, John Connolly was finally laid to rest — not as an unknown in a mass grave, but as a naval officer in Arlington National Cemetery. When the Navy first called to tell his daughter, Virginia Harbison, that her father’s remains had b…
Eight decades after dying in Pearl Harbor attack, Georgia-born sailor gets Arlington farewell • Utah News Dispatch
Virginia Connolly accepts a folded flag during ceremony honoring her father John Connolly at Arlington National Cemetery in March 2025. (Photo by Tracey Attlee for Georgia Recorder)More than 80 years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor, John Connolly was finally laid to rest – not as an unknown in a mass grave, but as a naval officer in Arlington National Cemetery. When the Navy first called to tell his daughter, Virginia Harbison, that …
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Eight decades after dying in Pearl Harbor attack, Georgia-born sailor gets Arlington farewell
More than 80 years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor, John Connolly was finally laid to rest – not as an unknown in a mass grave, but as a naval officer in Arlington National Cemetery. When the…
Eight decades after dying in Pearl Harbor attack, Georgia-born sailor gets Arlington farewell • Wisconsin Examiner
Virginia Connolly accepts a folded flag during ceremony honoring her father John Connolly at Arlington National Cemetery in March 2025. Credit: Tracey AttleeMore than 80 years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor, John Connolly was finally laid to rest – not as an unknown in a mass grave, but as a naval officer in Arlington National Cemetery. When the Navy first called to tell his daughter, Virginia Harbison, that her father’s remains had…
Eight decades after dying in Pearl Harbor attack, USS Oklahoma sailor gets Arlington farewell • Oklahoma Voice
Sailors carry a casket with the remains of John Connolly at Arlington National Cemetery in March 2025. (Photo by Tracey Attlee/For Georgia Recorder)More than 80 years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor, John Connolly was finally laid to rest – not as an unknown in a mass grave, but as a naval officer in Arlington National Cemetery. When the Navy first called to tell his daughter, Virginia Harbison, that her father’s remains had been id…
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