Poway Post Office To Be Dedicated To Late Pearl Harbor Survivor

POWAY, CA — The Poway Post Office was scheduled to be dedicated Thursday morning to Ray Chavez, a U.S. Navy veteran who, until his 2018 death at age 106, was the oldest living survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

A plaque honoring Chavez was to be unveiled at 9 a.m. at the post office, located at 13308 Midland Road in Poway.

Chavez's daughter, Kathleen Chavez, also a Navy veteran, was expected to be on hand.

The bill to dedicate the post office to Chavez was proposed in 2019 by Rep. Scott Peters (D-San Diego) and signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2020.

Chavez died in his sleep on Nov. 21, 2018 and was buried at Miramar National Cemetery.

— City News Service