Remains of 3 sailors killed during attack on Pearl Harbor identified

The remains of three crewmates who were killed in the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified, officials said.  Authorities used DNA as well as dental and anthropological analysis to identify Navy Seaman Second Class Floyd D. Helton, 18, of Somerset, Kentucky, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a statement.

Officials also identified Navy Fireman First Class Walter S. Belt Jr. and Navy Seaman First Class David F. Tidball. Belt was 25 and Tidball was 20 when they were killed. All three sailors were assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma when it was attacked by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941, and capsized, resulting in 429 deaths.