After nearly 84 years, U.S. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye, who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, was finally laid to rest in North Carolina. Frye, who was only 20 years old at the time of his death, was one of the 106 crewmen who lost their lives on the USS West Virginia. His family, including his last surviving sibling, spent decades searching for him before the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced his identification in 2024. Frye was buried with full military honors on what would have been his 104th birthday, bringing closure to his family after years of uncertainty and searching.