A U.S. Navy sailor who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor has been held accountable decades after his death, military officials said Thursday.

According to a press release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, U.S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class John C. Auld, 23, was from Newcastle, England. He was assigned to that USS Oklahomaa battleship anchored in Pearl Harbor in 1941.

On December 7, Auld was aboard the ship when Japanese pilots attacked Pearl Harbor. According to the Department of Defense, the USS Oklahoma suffered multiple torpedo hits during the attack and capsized just twelve minutes after the first hit. 429 crew members, including Auld, lost their lives. Only 32 crew members survived, thanks to what the Defense Department described as “valorous actions” by other military personnel. It was the highest death toll on any ship that day, except for the USS Arizona, which lost over 1,100 sailors.

It took three years for naval personnel to recover the crew’s remains. The remains were interred in Halawa and Nu’uanu cemeteries on Oahu in 1944, and in 1947 military officials began identifying the remains. The remains were excavated and transferred to a laboratory where 35 remains were identified.

The unidentified remains were reinterred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. The names of those who could not be identified were recorded on the missing lists at the cemetery.

Between June and November 2015, these remains were re-exhumed and analyzed at the DPAA laboratory. To make the identification, scientists used anthropological analysis, DNA analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. In 2018, Auld’s remains were identified. However, the DPAA was only recently informed that Auld’s family had been informed of his identity, leading to a delay in the announcement.

The Department of Defense announced earlier this month that the remains of all crew members who died aboard the USS Oklahoma have been identified. Pearl Harbor survivors will commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the attack on Saturday.

After Auld is identified, a rosette will be placed next to his name in Missing Persons Court. According to the DPAA and an obituary posted online, he was buried Friday morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico.