Remains of USS Arizona Crew Buried as Unknowns After Pearl Harbor to Be Identified

Nearly 150 Dead From Pearl Harbor Attack Could Be Identified After Milestone Reached

DPAA says families submitted enough DNA to meet Pentagon threshold, clearing way to exhume and identify 141 unknown Pearl Harbor attack dead from USS Arizona.

Remains of USS Arizona crew buried as unknowns after Pearl Harbor to be identified

While the advocacy group Operation 85 met the 60% DNA threshold last November, the DPAA has finally confirmed its effort.

DNA collection milestone to spur formal request to exhume USS Arizona sailors’ remains

The federal agency tasked with identifying American war dead will formally request disinterment of nearly 150 unknown sailors from the USS Arizona and other ships sunk in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.