Leamen R. Dill

Huron, SD

1934, 2747, Camp Crook, DF-19,
1937, 2754, Wind Cave, DNP-1, Hot Springs,

August 23, 2021. After 80 years, a South Dakota sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally comes home.
Reported by Darsha Nelson, Multimedia Journalist, KNBN TV

25-year-old Navy electricians mate second-class Leaman R. Dill – born in Bancroft, S.D., and raised in Huron – enlisted in the Navy when he was just 22.

Dill died at Pearl Harbor while serving aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma, which sustained multiple torpedo hits before capsizing, killing Dill and 428 other crewmen.

Leaman Dill's remains were identified early this year using DNA analysis – something his family never dreamed of.

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