CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Retired US Navy captain Robert ‘Bob’ Batterson was laid to rest Wednesday at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.
The last known remaining Pearl Harbor survivor in the Coastal Bend died a little more than two weeks ago.
A rosary service was held Tuesday and a funeral Mass was held Wednesday at St. Pius Catholic Church with a military burial at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.
Batterson joined the Navy in 1939 and was at Naval Station Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese forces bombed the base in an event which changed the course of World War II for many.
He later came to Corpus Christi, where he earned his wings as a fighter pilot at Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi.
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