St. Charles sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified

The remains of a local Navy sailor has been identified nearly 80 years after the St. Charles man died during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Navy Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Leslie P. Delles was aboard the USS Oklahoma, which was anchored at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, when the battleship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941.

Multiple torpedoes hit the ship, causing it to capsize. Delles, 21, was among the 429 crewmen aboard who died as a result.

Remains of the crew recovered from 1941 until June 1944 were buried in the Halawa and Nu'uanu cemeteries in Hawaii.

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