Remains of sailor killed during World War II identified

SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — Officials say the remains of a sailor from Kentucky who died in the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Wednesday in a statement that authorities used DNA as well as dental and anthropological analysis to identify 18-year-old Navy Seaman 2nd Class Floyd D. Helton of Somerset. Helton was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma when it was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941, and capsized, resulting in 429 deaths. Helton’s remains will be buried July 31 in Burnside, officials said.