Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified 80 years later

The remains of U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class Clyde C. McMeans, who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor while serving on the USS California, have been identified over 80 years later. McMeans was one of 103 crew members who perished when the battleship was attacked on December 7, 1941. His family will hold a funeral service on May 1, and he will be interred at Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery in Corpus Christi with military honors. Efforts to identify other crew members from the USS California continue.

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