Dante Sylvester Tini was born July 25, 1922 in Virginia, St. Louis County Minnesota. He parents were Italian immigrants Daniel and Rachel Georgi Tini. They arrived in the USA in 1919. His father worked as a maintenance worker for a local park. They owned their home in Virginia and had five children, Inez, Vincent, Alda and Dante and Annette.

He enlisted in the United States Navy and served during World War II. Tini had the rank of Petty Officer Third Class. Service number assignment was 3287319. He was attached to USS Oklahoma as a Radioman.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Tini was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize, trapping the sailors inside the hull. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Tini.

Navy Petty Officer 3c Tini, 19, of Virginia, Minnesota, was accounted for in 2018. DNA analysis and circumstantial evidence were used in the identification of his remains.

Dante Sylvester Tini is memorialized at Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii. This is an American Battle Monuments Commission location. His remains were returned home and buried at Calvary Cemetery Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota on 24 May 2019.

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