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Download official Extensions PDFReturn to issue contextHONORING WORLD WAR II VETERAN AND COASTAL BEND RESIDENT CLYDE CLIFTON
McMEANS AS HE RECEIVES FULL MILITARY HONORS 85 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH
HON. MICHAEL CLOUD
of texas
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Monday, May 4, 2026
Mr. CLOUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Seaman 1st Class Clyde Clifton McMeans, who died aboard the U.S.S. California during the Pearl Harbor attacks, and is now finally being laid to rest at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery. Identification of McMeans' remains was made in November of 2025, and he now receives full military honors nearjy 85 years after his death.
children of Elvarena and Clarence McMeans. His family moved to the Coastal Bend in the next decade, and McMeans attended school in Agua Dulce before completing his education at Banquete High School.
He enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and was stationed on the U.S.S. California for just over a year before the Pearl Harbor attacks on that fateful day of infamy, December 7th, 1941.
interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu until the Navy contacted McMeans' surviving siblings in the early 2000s to collect DNA samples. In the past year, Navy officials notified the McMeans family of the positive identification of Clyde's body made possible through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
McMeans' burial comes after Storekeeper 3rd Class Robert S. Garcia, another Coastal Bend native who served aboard the California and died in the attacks, was also identified and recently buried in Corpus Christi.
distinct privilege of honoring the life and service of Clyde McMeans and his heroic sacrifice for our nation. I thank the Navy, the several veterans organizations that assisted with this effort, and most of all, the McMeans family for their work to carry on the remarkable life of Seaman McMeans.