{"id":47384,"date":"2018-09-11T03:58:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T03:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/11\/two-more-service-members-idd-from-north-korea-remains\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:41:57","slug":"two-more-service-members-idd-from-north-korea-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/11\/two-more-service-members-idd-from-north-korea-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"2 more service members ID\u2019d from North Korea remains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii \u2015 Two more U.S. service members remains from the 55 boxes returned from North Korea <\/a>in July have been identified, and the U.S. military will be notifying their families within days, directors for the Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The families \u201cwill be notified very shortly,” said DPAA Chief Scientist John Byrd. \u201cThe IDs will be made officially in the next couple of days \u2015 two to three days \u2015 and the family will be notified within 24 hours of the IDs being officially made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of the two sets was confirmed three ways \u2015 through a DNA sample, through matching chest X-rays and dental records, Byrd said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo doubt about it,\u201d that the agency is confident these two service members will be correctly reunited with their families, Byrd said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remains were repatriated as a result of President Donald Trump\u2019s Singapore summit<\/a> with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remains were discovered in box 14 and box 16 of the 55 boxes and were some of the most complete of the 55 returned, with individual soldiers contained in each box, DPAA officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t