Military officials said Thursday that they identified the remains of a Floyd County sailor who died at Pearl Harbor.

Seaman Second Class Hubert Hall, 20, was aboard the USS Oklahoma on the morning of December 7, 1941.

Hall and 428 other crewmen died when the ship was struck by multiple Japanese torpedos and capsized.

His remains will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. The military says the burial will take place in the spring of 2020 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl.

From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently buried in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.

In 1947, the military first attempted to identify the unknown soldiers. They were only able to confirm the identities of 35 men.

In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Hall.

In 2015, new forensic technology allowed scientists to better identify the remains. Medical examiners used mitochondrial DNA analysis, dental records and circumstantial evidence to identify Hall.

Hall’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died.

There are currently more than 72,000 still unaccounted for.