{"id":36115,"date":"2019-09-01T16:14:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T16:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/01\/pearl-harbor-sailor-comes-home-78-years-later\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:36:36","slug":"pearl-harbor-sailor-comes-home-78-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/01\/pearl-harbor-sailor-comes-home-78-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Harbor sailor comes home, 78 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DES MOINES, Iowa\u2014 An Iowa sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 will finally be laid to rest in his home state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/2019\/08\/31\/remains-man-killed-pear-harbor-identified-veteran-navy-united-states-america-word-war-ii\/2179422001\/\" target=_blank>The Des Moines Register<\/a> reports that Navy Signalman 3rd Class William James Shanahan Jr. of Cedar Rapids was killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that pushed the U.S. into World War II, but his remains went unidentified for 78 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shanahan&#8217;s sister, Mary Lou Shanahan Pierce, donated DNA almost 20 years ago. Finally, in May, that DNA sample found a match and William&#8217;s remains were positively identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A burial with full military honors is planned for Tuesday at the family plot in Cedar Rapids. Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/governor.iowa.gov\/\" target=_blank>Kim Reynolds <\/a>has ordered all flags in Iowa to fly half-staff from sunrise to sunset to honor Shanahan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/07\/01\/pearl-harbor-sailor-buried\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flag-stock-cg-image.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pearl Harbor sailor buried<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">There was a robust turnout for the burial of Navy Machinist&#039;s Mate 1st Class George Hanson on Saturday even though only one person in the crowd professed to having ever possibly met him.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pierce was just 5 when her brother enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 5, 1940. 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