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Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack finally ID'd 84 years later, bringing closure to family
U.S. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye is finally home from Pearl Harbor and was laid to rest last week in North ...
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Missing since World War II, the remains of a sailor from a segregated Navy branch return home
Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, will be buried with military honors Thursday at the state veterans cemetery in Spring Lake. In later wars, families ...
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Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack finally ID’d 84 years later, bringing closure to family
After nearly 84 years, U.S. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye is finally home from Pearl Harbor and was laid to rest last week in North Carolina. Frye was only 20-years-old when he died ...
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Emotional military burial for North Carolina sailor killed at Pearl Harbor more than 83 years ago
The service was held on April 3--which is his birthday. Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil Frye was 20 years old when he died and was serving in a segregated branch. Frye worked in the Messman Branch ...
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A Young Sailor's Remains Return Home 84 Years After He Was Killed at Pearl Harbor
An American sailor has been laid to rest with full military honors in his home state 84 years after he was killed at Pearl ...
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Moore County sailor killed at Pearl Harbor ID'd 84 years later as family gains closure
Mary Frye McCrimmon, the youngest of 10 children, does recall Neil Frye being caring enough to build a sled for her. One year, Neil got her a tricycle. “My sister Judy, she used to tell me he ...
The remains of a Black Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor finally return home to his family
After more than 80 years, a Black soldier killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor was finally laid to rest last week in his ...