DoD Uses DNA, Genealogy to ID Unknowns
DoD Uses DNA, Genealogy to ID Unknowns
From the Dayton [OH] Daily News:
"Investigation teams visit battlefields, plane crash sites and interview still-living eyewitnesses. Archaeological digs can be part of the work. If those investigators believe a service member was recovered and perhaps buried as an unknown, they may recommend that the Army disinter them for analysis. ... All the services employ genealogists to track down family members, he said. They will ask if prospective family members are willing to offer DNA reference samples to retain on file, to be used only in the effort to identify lost service members."