Fallen Louisiana Navy veteran laid to rest on the 81st anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A fallen Louisiana Navy veteran is house on the 81st anniversary of the Pearl Harbor assault.

Seaman’s first-class Houston Temples was honored and eventually laid to relaxation at present in Bogalusa, 81 years after his loss of life.

Bagpipes performed, and American flags waved because the neighborhood and repair members paid their respects to a soldier who gave his life for our nation on a tragic day in American historical past.

Temples died in the united statesS. Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941; at present, greater than 80 years later, he lastly had a correct burial.

The group gathered at “American Legion Corridor” in Bogalusa Wednesday afternoon to honor Temples, whose stays weren’t recognized till April of this yr.

“361 of about 396 have been recognized and Seaman First Class Houston Temples was certainly one of them. And so after they recognized the stays, one of many neat issues they have been capable of do was put the stays in a casket. They put the uniform in there with him and so they ship them again house as a result of we need to present some closure for the households and to be sincere, it’s simply good to get the sailor again house,” stated Rear Admiral Terry Eddinger.

On Dec. 5, his stays have been flown into New Orleans and escorted throughout the lake.                

Temples was certainly one of greater than 400 troopers who died when Japanese troops bombed the Oklahoma.

He was certainly one of greater than 2300 who died throughout the assault on pearl harbor.

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