Palmer seaman lost at Pearl Harbor to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery

WASHINGTON, DC (WWLP)– A former resident of Palmer who was killed at the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

According to the Navy Office of Community Outreach, Seaman 1 ^st Class Frank Hryniewicz is scheduled to be buried with full military honors on May 16, 2024.

Hryniewicz was serving on the USS Oklahoma stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when it was attacked in the early morning hours of December 7, 1941. The incident plunged the United States into WWII.

Scientists with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii and Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska are responsible for identifying
unaccounted for past-conflict service members. Identifications are primarily made by
matching the DNA reference samples from surviving family members with those unaccounted
for from the USS Oklahoma. Other supporting documents such as any available medical and
dental records are also used during the research and identification processes. The investigators have more than 361 samples to support DNA analysis of Oklahoma remains.

There are currently 32 unaccounted for sailors who were serving on the Oklahoma.

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