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Ensign Stanley Willis Allen’s casket is carried into the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta on Tuesday. Allen, 25, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, and his remains were identified 82 years later.  
Ensign Stanley Willis Allen’s casket is carried into Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta on Tuesday. At left are members of the Kennebec County Veterans Honor Guard, Cmdr. Donnell Alvah, left, and Capt. Allan Hitt. Allen, 25, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, and his remains were identified 82 years later.
Seven service members fire into the sky Tuesday during Ensign Stanley Willis Allen’s burial at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Allen, 25, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, and his remains were identified 82 years later.
Veterans stand and salute in a line Tuesday, welcoming the casket of Ensign Stanley Willis Allen at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Allen, 25, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and his remains were identified more than 80 years later.
Rear Adm. Mike Brown, center, speaks Tuesday during Ensign Stanley Willis Allen’s burial at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Allen, 25, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, and his remains were identified more than 80 years later.
Rear Adm. Mike Brown, left, salutes Tuesday as the Last Post is played by a lone bugler in the distance during Ensign Stanley Willis Allen’s burial at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Allen, 25, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, and it took more than 80 years before his remains were identified.
Rear Adm. Mike Brown, left, awaits the flag Tuesday during the flag folding portion of Ensign Stanley Willis Allen’s burial at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Allen, 25, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, and his remains were identified more than 80 years later.
Rear Adm. Mike Brown, left, awaits the flag Tuesday during the flag folding portion of Ensign Stanley Willis Allen’s burial at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Allen, 25, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, and his remains were identified more than 80 years later.

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