Military Identifies Remains of 7 Pearl Harbor "Unknowns" AP article by Audrey McAVOY

HONOLULU — The remains of seven crew members missing since the USS Oklahoma capsized in the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor have been identified, the military said Monday.

 The names of the servicemen identified using dental records will be released after their families have been notified.

In June, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency began digging up the remains of nearly 400 USS Oklahoma sailors and Marines from a veterans cemetery in Honolulu where they were buried as "unknowns."

Within five years, officials expect to identify about 80 percent of the Oklahoma crew members still considered missing.   Read More