Frank Hryniewicz was only 20 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. Eight decades later, Hryniewicz finally received a proper burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Seaman 1st Class Frank Hryniewicz of Three Rivers, Massachusetts, was one of 429 U.S. service members killed aboard the USS Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. Just 20 years old, Hryniewicz had joined the Navy less than two years before, wanting to see the world. More than 80 years later, he was finally laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery earlier this month.
His presence in our family did something to me, and I know that it had a big influence on me joining the Navy. I really do because I felt like there was some unfinished business there,' Hallstrom said. On a sunny afternoon in May, 10 members of the Hryniewicz family gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to honor their Uncle Frank. It was the first time the family had come together in years. The Navy granted him full military honors.
Griffin’s father is the one who had written her Uncle Frank the letter after her older brother was born. He died three days before Hryniewicz’s remains were identified. 'I just get the feeling that my dad would be conflicted. So happy that this is where Uncle Frank is but so sad of all the things he missed in life,' Griffin said. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they strafed the deck of the USS Oklahoma, causing it to flip over.
The Oklahoma was not flipped back over until 1944 in order to recover the sailors' remains. Initially, only 35 were identified. Sixty-one caskets and 45 graves were disinterred from the National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu. A single casket contained the partial remains of 100 sailors. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has been working since 2015 to piece together the remains of those lost on the USS Oklahoma.
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