Beaver County’s First Fatality at Pearl Harbor to be Remembered Saturday

Beaver County’s first fatality at Pearl Harbor will be remembered this weekend. 2nd Lt. Louis Gustav Moslener Junior is the first from Beaver County to be killed in action in a surprise attack by Japanese forces on Pearl Harbor, a U-S naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii on December 7th, 1941. Moslener is buried in Beaver Cemetery, located on Buffalo Street in Beaver. Saturday marks the third year that a memorial ceremony will be held at Moslener’s grave, and it will be open to the public. Those attending are asked to gather at 12:30 pm. Opening remarks will be given at 12:55, which approximates the time Pearl Harbor was bombed. Moslener’s grave is at the first right turn after entering the cemetery and a block down on the left.


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