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Slapikas’ remains were identified in 2017 and returned home. He was a Seaman First Class on the USS Oklahoma.

Edward Slapikas, 26, of Wanamie, attended Newport Township schools.

Ruskey, 41, of Jenkins Township, served 20 years in the U.S. 9, 1940, and served as a Fireman First Class on the USS Arizona.

John Edward Burns, 25, of Corlear Street, Wilkes-Barre.

He was a Seaman First Class on the USS Arizona.

John Joseph Petyak, 21, of Anthracite Street, Wilkes-Barre, graduated from GAR High School and enlisted in the U.S.

John Peter Rutkowski, 23, of Hanover Street, Nanticoke, left Nanticoke High School in his junior year to work at the General Cigar Company.Jeffries was a coxswain on the USS Arizona. He was a graduate of Newport Township High School, enlisted in the U.S. Keith Jeffries, 23, of Sharpe Street, Newport Township.He was a Carpenter’s Mate Third Class on the USS Arizona. Albert Joseph Konnick, 25, of Auburn Street, Wilkes-Barre, graduate of Coughlin High School, enlisted in the U.S.Gunner’s Mate Second Class on the USS Arizona, where he was active on the battleship’s sports teams and was a regular player on the baseball team. Brinley Varchol, 25, of Steel Street, Hanover Township, graduated from Hanover Township High School in 1936 and enlisted in the U.S.

As compiled several years ago by staff writer Ed Lewis, they were: Luzerne County lost eight men on that tragic day. On the enemy side, Japanese losses included 29 aircraft, in addition to five midget submarines, and 129 attackers were killed and one taken prisoner. The Pearl Harbor attack killed 2,403 service members and wounded 1,178 more, and sank or destroyed six U.S. 7, 1941 has, as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “lived in infamy.”Īs the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii approaches, we must take time to remember our heroic dead and also to pause to thank all veterans of all wars for their service to our country. Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience.