Sailor Killed in Pearl Harbor Attack Identified by DNA Analysis More Than 8 Decades Later

Image Credits: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

A sailor from the Second World War Period has been identified more than eight decades after he died at the Pearl Harbour.

The 19-year-old David Walker was believed to have died when the torpedoes and bombs struck the battleship USS California.

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency used DNA analysis to identify him.

He was among the 103 crew members who were killed when the ship was targeted. He was a native of Virginia, and his remains were exhumed with...

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