The remains of a Maryland military service member who was unidentified for decades after he was killed at Pearl Harbor during World War II were welcomed home Thursday, Sept. 24, at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
The remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Owen Norris, of Marriottsville, Maryland, were formally identified on July 7, 2026.
Norris will be buried Saturday at West Liberty United Methodist Church Cemetery in Marriottsville.
Norris was 26 years old when he was killed along with more than 100 other service members in an explosion and subsequent fires during the West Loch Disaster at Pearl Harbor on May 21, 1944.