For years, the White House and Pentagon had been pressuring the lab to find an unknown soldier from the Vietnam War. In 1983, Webb was presented with papers to sign, certifying that the X-26 ...

New breakthroughs in DNA analysis offer a chance to identify more of the lost from wars and disasters stretching back decades ...

Twenty-five years ago, the remains of an unidentified American soldier killed in the Vietnam War in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery were exhumed and identified as ...

Along with the unknown soldier from WWII, the unknown Korean War soldier lay in the Capitol Rotunda from May 28 to May 30, 1958. 4. The Vietnam War’s unknown soldier was selected on May 17, 1984.

The last unknown U.S. soldier from the Vietnam war was exhumed and identified, through DNA testing, in 1998. But in Vietnam, there are still upwards of 300,000 unidentified soldiers, and thousands ...

Korean War unknown: Also on May 30, 1958, an unidentified soldier from the Korean War was buried in an adjacent crypt. Vietnam War unknown (formerly): In 1984, an unidentified soldier from the ...

These unknown soldiers were shot down in a U.S. military C-123 during the Vietnam War. We should never forget those who stand beside us in hard times.

The Unknown of Vietnam was only unknown for a short time. ... The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and in any weather by Tomb Guard sentinels.