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The U.S. Navy Chaplin presents a flag to Houston Temples niece Shirley Temple at Wednesday’s ceremony.

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The Patriot Guard Riders salute Houston Temples as he brought from the hearse to his final resting place.

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American Legion Post 24 honor guard in Bogalusa salutes Temples as they bring the coffin out of the hearse for burial.

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Pictured is the hearse carrying the Seaman 1st Class World War II Veteran, Houston Temples, who was laid to rest at Ponemah Cemetery on Wednesday.

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A procession of vehicles enter Pomemah Cemetery for the burial of Seaman 1st Class World War II Veteran, Houston Temples.

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New Veterans Cemetery in Ponemah.

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Jeffery Robbins holds the hand of Jase Robins. 6, great great nephew of Houston Temples at the memorial held in Bogalusa on Dec. 7.
Seaman 1st Class World War II Veteran Houston Temples is now finally home. Home to his final resting place in Bogalusa at the Ponemah Cemetery where he’s now buried.
The U.S. Navy provided full funeral honors for Temples who was killed on the morning of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 when the first wave of Japanese aircraft struck the U.S.S. Oklahoma with three aerial torpedoes. Temples was one of 429 crewmembers to die that day on the Oklahoma. 
Decades later Temples’ remains were finally identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency or DPAA who used DNA samples to identify the sailor.

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