More than 75 years after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into World War II, a Tama County sailor will be recognized and remembered.
William Lester Kvidera died after the USS Oklahoma capsized. He was buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, but his remains were not identified until this year. The Des Moines Register has a story.
A 2014 Waterloo Courier story said the gravesite for Kvidera’s parents also had a place for him. Next month, Kvidera will be laid to rest in the Iowa soil. There will be a service at St. Paul Catholic Church in Traer on November 16.