CNN —Officials using DNA analysis have identified the remains of a 19-year-old Virginian sailor killed in a World War II attack more than 80 years ago, the United States Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday. David Walker, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Mess Attendant 3rd Class while assigned to the battleship USS California. The ship was docked at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when Japan conducted a surprise military strike on the Hawaii naval base. Multiple torpedoes and bombs hit the vessel, causing it to catch fire and slowly flood, resulting in the deaths of 103 crewmen including Walker, according to a news release from the agency. His remains were identified using anthropological, dental analysis and mitochondrial DNA analysis by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, the release states.

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Persons: David Walker, Walker, Walker’s, Edna Lee Ward Organizations: CNN, United States Defense POW, Agency, Hawaii, Armed Forces Medical, System, Norcom, School, US Navy, Memorial, of, Pacific, Arlington National Cemetery Locations: Norfolk , Virginia, California, Harbor, Japan, Hawaii, I.C, Portsmouth , Virginia, Pearl