The 100th service member from a group of remains handed over by North Korea seven years ago has been successfully identified, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced from Hawaii.
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The 100th service member from a grouping of remains handed over by North Korea seven years ago has been successfully identified, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yesterday, via video from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
“I just visited the forensic laboratory of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency … and I am proud to announce the DPAA has identified the 100th service member from the 55 boxes of remains turned over by North Korea in 2018,” Hegseth said, adding that the service member identified is Army 1st Lt. William H. Hott, a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, native.
