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Three Brothers Killed In Pearl Harbor Are Accounted For

Three Brothers Killed In Pearl Harbor Are Accounted For

The bodies of three Wisconsin brothers have been accounted for nearly 80 years after their deaths. 

Sue Danielson reports:

The Department of Defense confirmed Wednesday the three brothers hailed from New Lisbon, and were all serving on the USS Oklahoma at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  The agency identified 21-year-old Navy Fireman 1st Class Leroy K. Barber and 22-year-old Malcolm J. Barber.  Randolph H. Barber was the youngest brother at only 19-years-old, and was a Navy Fireman 2nd Class.  The Barber brothers were among 429 crewmen serving on the ship on December 7th 1941.

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