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WWII Sailor Receives Proper Funeral

Last updated on Thursday, July 19, 2007

(WORTHINGTON) - A military funeral will be held Saturday for a sailor from Indiana who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The body of Petty Officer Third Class Alfred Livingston of Worthington was initially misidentified following the surprise attack that led to the U.S. entering World War Two.

A historian recently sorted out his ID.

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