VIEW OF THE ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY’S DNA LABORATORY.

Photo of Technicians working at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Rockville, MD, May 11, where the remains of a U.S. serviceman from the Vietnam War, that will be removed from the Tomb of the Unknowns May 14 at Arlington National Cemetery, will be tested for possible identification. The family of Air Force Lt. Michael Blassie believes his bones were buried there in 1984. VM/SV/ME - RP1DRIEHNMAB

A team in the DNA lab at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Rockville, Maryland in May 1998, conducted DNA tests on the Vietnam “unknown”. (Reuters)

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