6 decades later Ohio soldier's remains identified

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — The remains of a southwest Ohio soldier who went missing during the Korean War have been identified more than 60 years later and will be buried this week with full military honors.

Army Cpl. Clyde E. Anderson, of Hamilton, is scheduled to be buried Saturday in Blanchester, about 30 miles northeast of Cincinnati, The JournalNews in Hamilton reported.

DNA tests by military forensic scientists helped confirm that Anderson’s remains were among those mixed together in more than 200 boxes of remains returned to the United States by North Korea in the early 1990s. As many as 400 individual remains were believed to be in the boxes.

Scientists used circumstantial evidence, dental records, radiography comparisons and DNA, which matched that of Anderson’s niece and nephew and niece, in identifying his remains, military officials said.