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A Young Sailor's Remains Have Been Identified Eight Decades After He Died at Pearl Harbor
David Walker, a 19-year-old from Norfolk, Virginia, was among them. Walker was a mess attendant third class aboard the USS California, which was one of the 19 U.S. ships damaged or destroyed.
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19-year-old WWII sailor identified after 80 years through DNA evidence
David Walker, a black sailor from Norfolk, Va., was assigned to the USS California on Dec. 7, 1941 when the Hawaiian naval base was struck, causing the ship to catch fire and flood, the US Defense ...
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Petition seeks to name submarine after 'The Silent Service's First Hero'
Walker’s petition to name a Virginia-class submarine the USS Henry Breault has amassed nearly 2,200 signatures from across the country, including communities in New York, Vermont, California and ...