INTENTIONAL COMMINGLING, MISIDENTIFICATIONS AND CONCEALMENT OF REMAINS
- One page extracted from Defendants Identification Package of Private Arthur H. “Bud” Kelder showing portion of remains identified and returned for burial
- Photograph of remains disinterred from Manila American Cemetery
- Anthropologist’s memo
- Berg deceleration
CIL CASKETS
- Reference to policy on CIL burials
- CIL Caskets
- CIL Caskets
- CIL Caskets
- CIL Caskets
- Partial List of CIL Casket burials
DOVER AFB
- NYT coverage of 2011 scandal at Dover that involved missing body parts, a mutilated corpse and other systemic problems.
- The Dover Port Mortuary Independent Review Subcommittee
NININGER/CHEANEY
- Declassified Annex to Cheaney/Nininger IDPF (reordered for legibility)
- Original Classified Annex to Cheaney/Ininger IDPFs
- Cheaney IDPF
- Nininger IDPF
- Notes – Nininger
- Notes – burial of Nininger and related cases
CABANATUAN
- DPAA histories of Cabanatuan burials1
- DPAA histories of Cabanatuan burials2
- Photo of Grave 717 remains as disinterred from Manila American Cemetery
- Photo of ten transfer cases on C17 Manila to Hawaii
DISINTERMENT POLICY
- DoD Directive 1300.22, Mortuary Affairs Policy
This policy outlines the commitment to return fallen service members to their families with dignity and respect. It also covers the transportation of deceased personnel. - DoD Instruction 1300.29, Mortuary Affairs Program
This instruction establishes procedures for the DOD Mortuary Affairs Program. It also covers the dignified transfer of unidentified remains. - Slocombe Memo – Original Disinterment for Identification Policy
- DTM 16-003 ch 2, Policy Guidance for the Disinterment of Unidentified Human Remains
- DoD Directive 5110.10, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
LITIGATION
USS OKLAHOMA
- Disinterment of USS Oklahoma Unknowns
In 2003, one of the 62 caskets containing remains from the USS Oklahoma was disinterred from the Punchbowl to conduct analysis on the remains to test Emory’s assertions. The remains from the single casket were accessioned into what was known then as the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii. The staff analyzed the remains using the latest technology and concluded that they came from more than 100 individuals, giving a good indication of the extent that remains from the ship were comingled during previous handling and identification attempts. - The laboratory made its first individual identification from the remains in that single casket in 2008, ultimately identifying a total of five Sailors from that casket between 2008 and 2010.
- DPAA doesn’t use nucDNA because they know it will reveal their years of incompetence and cover up. Their excuse has always been that nucDNA could not be reasonably extracted from Unknowns. See pages 10 and 12 of this presentation from family briefings.
DNA
- Defense Science Board Report – The Use of DNA Technology for Identification of Ancient Remains
In 1995, the Defense Science Board approved the use of mitochondrial DNA for identification of remains. In 1995, mito was state of the art for identification. However, the report goes on to essentially say that the use of nuclear DNA is far superior and should be used when/if the technology becomes available. In the early 2000’s, the technology was developed for use after the Bosnia genocide where they were identifying >10,000 sets of remains per year – many from the same families where mitochondrial DNA can’t be used. The report goes on to recommend an “outreach” program to do exactly what we need to do to find Julius – disinter and sample all of the Unknowns using nucDNA.
The senior management from the JPAC lab made several trips to Bosnia to observe. So they are very aware of the technology, but they don’t use nuc DNA.
PPT DNA Presentation for Family Briefings - No one could dispute DPAA’s contention that mtDNA could not be extracted from WWII era remains because no one had access to those WWII remains. Genetic genealogy report – Arthur H. “Bud” Kelder