Remains Brooklyn sailor killed in Pearl Harbor identified 77 years later

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- The remains of a sailor from Brooklyn who was killed during the Pearl Harbor attacks were finally identified -- 77 years later.

Walter Foley was killed while aboard the USS Oklahoma December 7, 1941.
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Updated technology allowed officials to recently identify his remains. He had been laid to rest in the national cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Officials say they will be able to return him home to Brooklyn if his family so chooses.

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