Found Dog Tag

[InBetweenDays]

I hope this isn't too sensitive and if it is I GREATLY apologize.

DH owns an apartment and his manager (let's call him Jack) goes back to Laos, where he is from, each year. This year either he found, or a friend of his found, a dog tag and what they think is a human leg bone.

Jack brought photos of the dog tag and bone back with him and wants to see if he can track down who they belong(ed) to. He doesn't speak English terribly well, and isn't great at navigating the internet, so he asked DH to help him.

DH wasn't sure if they were even legitimate dog tags so he just sent me a photo for me to look at. They look legit from what I can tell, and have the person's name, his social security number (looks like he was born in New York), blood type, and religious affiliation.

I kind of think we should hand this over to someone in the military, but wouldn't even know who to contact. And I'm pretty sure the dog tags are still in Laos so we only have the photos to turn over. So WWYD?

[audette]

www.jpac.pacom.mil/index.php?page=jpac


Please convince him to contact these people. They identify and repatriate military remains. It's important work, and they're good at it.:

ETA: It looks like they have an online submission form for notifying them of potential recovery sites. A photo and description of the location would be good to provide them.
www.jpac.pacom.mil/index.php?page=sitereport_list&size=100&ind=5

And, it looks like the site supports multiple languages, so if "Jack" would be more comfortable in his native language, it might be supported there.

[InBetweenDays]

Thank you! I'll see if we can sit down with Jack and help him do this.

[InBetweenDays]

And I'll definitely post an update when I have one.