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Here is another sailor...David Walker, KIA on the USS California 07 Dec 41...remains not identified until 27 Nov 23 and public announcement made 28 Mar 24.
"It wasn’t until 2018 that the 25 sets of remains from the USS California were exhumed and put through testing to identify them. DPAA staff used dental records and even mitochondrial DNA analysis to determine who the people were.
As with other missing and presumed dead military personnel, Walker’s name is on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Now that his remains have been identified, a rosette will be marked next to his name, to show that he has since been found.
More than eight decades after his death, David Walker will get a new funeral, this time on Sept. 5, 2024 at Arlington National Cemetery in his home state of Virginia."
taskandpurpose.com
"It wasn’t until 2018 that the 25 sets of remains from the USS California were exhumed and put through testing to identify them. DPAA staff used dental records and even mitochondrial DNA analysis to determine who the people were.
As with other missing and presumed dead military personnel, Walker’s name is on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Now that his remains have been identified, a rosette will be marked next to his name, to show that he has since been found.
More than eight decades after his death, David Walker will get a new funeral, this time on Sept. 5, 2024 at Arlington National Cemetery in his home state of Virginia."
Remains of sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified
David Walker was one of 103 sailors who died on the USS California on Dec. 7, 1941. Eight decades later the military verified his remains.
taskandpurpose.com