U.S. to Exhume and Identify 88 Unknown USS Arizona Crew Members from Pearl Harbor

The U.S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines from the USS Arizona, buried as unknowns in Honolulu's National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, starting November or December. Using advanced DNA technology, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency aims to identify these servicemen who died in the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. The USS Arizona sank quickly with over 1,100 dead, nearly half of the attack's casualties, but remains entombed underwater will not be disturbed. This effort follows prior DNA identification projects for other Pearl Harbor ships.