An Illinois sailor, who was killed in 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, has been laid to rest near the community where he grew up, more than 75 years after the killing. On Saturday, Michael Galajdik was buried with full fledged military honors at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. Hundreds of people gathered to shoe their respects.

The 25-year-old Navy Fireman First Class from the Lockport Township was aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma when the Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese on 7th December, 1941.

Galajdik remains, one of more than 2,300 Americans killed in the Pearl Harbor attack, were recovered after the attack but killed persons could only be positively identified recently because of the improvements in DNA technology.

Maryann Sternisha said that her husband George, nephew of Galajdik, was notified by the military about the positive identification of Galajdik remains.

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Sternisha and also his now deceased sister, had been hoping to fulfill their promise which they made to their mother in the year 2003, to bring Galajdik back to home.

"It's been something that my husband has wanted to do for years and years to bring closure and to fulfill a wish that his mother had of bringing him home, which she never was able to do," said Sternisha.

On Friday afternoon, Galajdik's remains arrived at the O'Hare International Airport to full all the military honors from both the Navy and also the Chicago Fire Department, reported by WLS-TV.

Mrudula Duddempudi.