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GRAPEVINE, Page 9BETTER THAN FINGERPRINTS
By JANICE CASTRO/Reported by Wendy Cole
Generations of American G.I.s have worn dog tags as a
grim reminder that the U.S. military might someday need to
identify their remains. But the Pentagon has now authorized a
superior DNA-identification system, for which it will collect
blood and saliva samples from all service personnel. The problem
is that dog tags can be lost, switched or counterfeited, and
fingerprints and dental records are not always reliable. Several
casualties of Desert Storm, for example, went unidentified for
weeks because of such problems. Using DNA samples taken from
family members, though, Army experts were recently able to
identify the remains of an American pilot killed 25 years ago
over North Vietnam.