9/13 & 9/14 - DIGNIFIED TRANSFER ESCORT for HAROLD COSTILL – Killed in Action Dec 7, 1941 & Funeral Info/Flag Line:

COMING HOME AFTER 78 YEARS, Clayton Hero HAROLD KENDALL COSTILL’S remains will finally be returned home…..
CLAYTON – Funeral services for Harold Kendall Costill, who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. at the CHS Performing Arts Center, Pop Kramer Blvd., Clayton, NJ. Family will begin greeting visitors at 10:00 a.m. A burial, with full military honors, will immediately follow the service at the Cedar Green Cemetery, located next to the high school, where Harold will be laid to rest in the Costill family plot.

Harold’s brother, Gene D. Costill, 93 years old, and a former mayor of Clayton, is the closest living relative. Harold’s siblings, Robert S. Costill, Allan H. Costill, and Joan Costill Burke, did not survive to see their brother return home.

U.S. Navy Fireman Third Class Harold K. Costill, 18 years old, was on board the U.S.S. West Virginia and on duty in the engine room at the time of the attack. The battleship was moored at Ford Island, Hawaii. Harold’s remains were one of 35 casualties associated with the USS West Virginia, interred in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, more commonly known as the Punchbowl Cemetery, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

If interested in participating in the Dignified Transfer of Harold Costill’s remains on FRIDAY, September 13th, 2019, meet at Firebase 69, 8201 Tinicum Ave, Philadelphia - Rally Time: 1915 / KSU: 2010. (SECONDARY RALLY LOCATION -Shopping Ctr Parking Lot, 168 130 E. Black Horse Pike Audubon NJ. - Rally Time: 1830 / KSU: 1845)

If interested in participating in the Flag Line at his funeral on Saturday, September 14th, rally at the Clayton Performing Arts Center, 350 E Clinton St, Clayton, NJ at 9:30am on Saturday, September 14th. Flag line to be in place by 9:45am