El Dorado Seaman laid to rest nearly 78 years after Pearl Harbor attacks

EL DORADO — El Dorado welcomed home one of her native sons more than 77 years after his death. Seaman Second Class Wilbur Clayton Barrett was among the 429 Sailors aboard the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor when it was struck on December 7, 1941. He remained among the unidentified and was listed as one of the unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Seaman Barrett was the son of Maynard Reace Barrett and Nora Ellen Barrett...