The wearing of identification tags, boots and clothing marked with the soldier's name, and the carrying of identification cards were important in identifying remains during the Vietnam War. An equally important means of identification was fingerprinting. The proven reliability of fingerprints, coupled with their availability and immediate verification, made them an invaluable part of the mortuary's identification process. Other important means of identifying remains were the matching of the remains with recorded characteristics of race, height, hair color, tattoos, scars, healed fractures, injuries, cause of death, and markings on clothing and jewelry.
In my uncle's case, he was identified by his fingerprints, height, hair color, race, head wound, ID card, ID tags, belt marked with his name, and four statements of recognition.
Every ancestor is more than just a name. Every one of them has a story. We are connected genetically, physically, and emotionally. We are who we are because of who they were.
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March 16, 1904 Receipt
This receipt is from the Civil War Pension File of my paternal third great-grandfather and is for some paper hanging that my third great-gra...


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My maternal great-uncle died on 22 July 1944 in battle during World War II. He was buried in an individual grave, uncasketed and in a ponch...
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This General Affidavit, dated 29 May 1891, is one of the forms found in my paternal third great-grandfather's Civil War Pension file. H...
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This is a photo of my paternal aunt sitting on a car at a beach, probably in Delaware, in the early 1950s. Diane Odgers (1951 - 2002)...

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