Pittsburgh-area native killed in Pearl Harbor attack returns home for burial
Posted on AllSides April 11th, 2024
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BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) -- More than 80 years ago, in the attack on Pearl Harbor, a U.S. Navy fireman was among the 400 sailors killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Until a few years ago, his remains were still not identified. But on Thursday, the Beaver County native finally found his way home and was laid to rest. The story of U.S. Navy Fireman First Class Walter Schleiter began in Freedom, Pennsylvania in 1919. While Schleiter's family was from the Pittsburgh area, he spent most of his adolescence some 100 miles...