Navy Fire Controlman 1st Class Edward J. Shelden, 29, of
Indianapolis, was serving aboard the USS Oklahoma when it was struck by
enemy fire multiple times on Dec. 7, 1941. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting
Agency)
The remains of another sailor killed aboard the https://www.foxnews.com/us/military-ids-100-killed-on-uss-oklahoma-in-pearl-harbor" rel="nofollow - USS Oklahoma during the attack on https://www.foxnews.com/us/pearl-harbor-ceremony-will-be-missing-uss-arizona-survivors-for-the-first-time" rel="nofollow - Pearl Harbor have been identified, according to a unit of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Navy
Fire Controlman 1st Class Edward J. Shelden, 29, of Indianapolis, was
serving aboard the ship when it was struck by enemy fire multiple times
on Dec. 7, 1941, resulting in the deaths of 429 crew members, according
to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).
Recovery
of the remains of those killed aboard the USS Oklahoma took nearly
three years, and the remains were interred in two cemeteries in Hawaii.
Then in 1947, the American Graves Registration Service disinterred the
remains so they could be identified, https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1754043/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-shelden-e/" rel="nofollow - according to a DPAA release .
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Initially, the remains of only 35 crew members could be identified, and the others were declared non-recoverable.
Then
in 2015, backed by developments in technology, the DPAA embarked on
another effort to identify the remains of those who served aboard the
Oklahoma.
Scientists from the DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical
System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis, dental and
anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence to
positively identify the remains of Shelden, according to the release.
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According
to the Defense Department, more than 72,000 of the 400,000 Americans
who perished during World War II remain unaccounted for, but the remains
of about 26,000 of those service members are considered possibly
recoverable.
Anyone looking to inquire about a family member who
remains unaccounted for after serving in World War II may contact the
Navy Service Casualty office at 800-443-9298 for information.