Battleship Row burns after the attack on Pearl Harbor. USS Oklahoma (capsized, center) is alongside USS Maryland. (U.S. Navy) U.S. battleships near Ford Island at the beginning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941; the photo was taken from a Japanese aircraft. (Navy Ministry of Japan via U.S. Navy) "Battleship Row" in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941; L-R: Nevada, Arizona with Vestal moored outboard, Tennessee with West Virginia moored outboard; Maryland with Oklahoma moored outboard. (Navy Ministry of Japan via U.S. Navy) A barge alongside the capsized USS Oklahoma (center) during rescue efforts after the attack on Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy) The capsized USS Oklahoma (left) and USS Maryland after the attack on Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy) Rescue teams on the capsized hull of USS Oklahoma look for survivors. (U.S. Navy) Rescue teams look for survivors from the capsized USS Oklahoma. The fore superstructure of the USS Maryland is in the background. (U.S. Navy) NEW YORK (AP) - The remains of an American sailor from New York City who was killed in the Pearl Harbor attack nearly 77 years ago have been identified.
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that Seaman 1st Class Walter C. Foley's remains were accounted for earlier this year.
Foley, 18, from Brooklyn, was serving aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma when Japanese planes attacked Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, the Pentagon said. The ship capsized after being hit by torpedoes, killing 429 crewmen, including Foley.
The Navy spent the next three years recovering the remains of the deceased crew. Only 35 were later identified. The rest were reinterred in a national cemetery in Honolulu.
In 2015, the Pentagon began disinterring Oklahoma unknowns for identification.
Foley's remains were identified using DNA samples provided by his family, the Pentagon said.