TOPEKA, Kan. — A 20-year-old Wichita man who died in the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 will be laid to rest in his native state in May.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday the remains of Robert Goodwin were identified using dental and anthropological analysis. Goodwin was a Cook 3rd Class on the USS Oklahoma when it was hit by multiple torpedoes during the attack by the Japanese. Goodwin was among 429 crewmen on the ship who died. A burial service is planned May 14 in Topeka.
His remains were among those buried in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
