The remains of a World War II sailor who went missing during the attack on Pearl Harbor have finally been identified, officials announced.
David Walker, a black sailor from Norfolk, Virginia, was assigned to the USS California when the naval base in Hawaii was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, causing the ship to catch fire and flood, the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said. did.
Walker, 19, was one of 103 crew members killed.
His remains were identified through DNA analysis.
Only 42 people were initially identified after the attack.
In 1947, 39 more bodies were identified.
The bodies of Walker and other crew members were considered “unrecoverable,” the agency said.
After exhuming the body in 2018, defense forensic scientists were able to identify Walker using anthropological, dental, and mitochondrial DNA analysis.
walker fell off high school to enlist in navy isolated According to reports, about a year before his death.
Walker will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on September 5th.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Office did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
