New York Post
By Brandon Cruz
Published May 24, 2026, 6:27 p.m. ET
The remains of 17-year-old sailor who lost his life during the attack on Pearl Harbor are finally coming home to be buried after nearly 85 years, the US Navy announced.
Royle Luker will be buried with full military honors in his hometown of Plainview, Arkansas on May 30 after his remains were finally identified by authorities who exhumed them from an eight-decades old grave marked “unknown,” according to the military.
Luker was a fireman on the USS West Virginia, and was among the 106 crewmen who died when it was attacked by Japan on Dec. 7, 1941.
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