Who is burried in the tomb of the unknown soldier?

Question

With DNA analysis, I was wondering if the unknown soldier's identity was determined, so the next of kin could be notified.

Answer 1

Obviously at the time he was buried he was unknown... in fact most "unknown soldiers" buried at various places were selected on the basis that they had to be complete unidentifiable.



With modern DNA testing, in theory it might be possible to find out who he was (or at least get close). But:-

* You would have to have a DNA sample left over from each soldier who went missing on that particular battlefield. This would be something such as a strand of hair or something which we were absolutely certain was his;

OR

* You would need a DNA sample from at least one close relative;



And you would have to get that for each and every missing soldier. And every sample must be uncontaminated - no small problem after all this time!



THEN you would have to commit the sacrilege of digging up the body of the unknown soldier to sample his DNA.



Even then you may not get the exact identity - there are numerous cases of brothers and other close relatives all being killed in the same battle and unless the matching was perfect you might not be able to distinguish between them.



Lets leave the Unknown Soldier resting in peace, a symbol for all those who watched their fathers, sons, brothers and uncles march off to war and never saw them return.



When you go home, tell them of us and say:

'For your tomorrow we gave our today'

Answer 2

Has absolutely everyone ever tried to get previous the Tomb guards, or tried to deface the Tomb? sure, that is the clarification we now look after the Tomb. decrease back contained in the early 1920's, we did no longer have guards and the Tomb regarded a lot distinct (see connected image). human beings many times got here to the cemetery in those days for picnics interior which era some ought to easily use the Tomb as a picnic section (likely simply by view). quickly after, 1925, they printed a civilian look after; in 1926, a militia look after became printed for the time of cemetery hours; and on July a million, 1937, this became better to the 24-hour watch. on the grounds that then, the ceremony has developed in the course of the years to what we've in the present day. in the present day, many of the stressful circumstances confronted by employing the Sentinels are vacationers who favor to get a extra perfect image or out of control children (which typically is extremely scary for the figure even as the Soldier stressful circumstances the baby).

Answer 3

Ofcourse unknown soldiers of same country of other countries during the world war-II..

some were too disfigured to be identified and most were foriegners...and DNA tech wasnt available on those days. Even now its not going to be easy because the soldiers blong to big countries and to match up thier DNA with thiers next of kin u will have to have database of the whole nation ..or atleast those people who never heard from thier son's brothers, fathers since they went into war in WW-II...

could be done but the question is who will take the initiative?

Answer 4

Unfortunately, the DNA technology available today would not be useful unless a family member could show just cause to exhume these remains, ( and have some good hair samples, or other DNA that hadn't been compromised after all these years.)in order to identify this soldier.

I just don't see it happening.

This Hero is most honored for his service, and I would like to think he is proud of his resting site.

Answer 5

No. It is an unknown soldier of unknown DNA identity, teeth matches back from the Civil War. Dont remember what side he was on ( Yankees or Rebels).....NOT talking about DNA.....talking about carbon testing of teeth dating back to civil war time period.

Answer 6

A Soldier That Couldn't Be Identified.

Answer 7

No, no one will determine the unknown soldier's identity. He is a symbol of the battles fought.

Answer 8

yes one of the Unknown was Identified, but there is more than one soldier there. I think there are remains of a civil war soldier there, and I don't think they would ever be able to ID those remains.

Answer 9

Then he would no longer be the Unknown Soldier and his value as a symbol would be lost, He would be joe shmuck!



what a wonderful idea, you must be a joker

Answer 10

in order to do that they would need a sample to compare it to and match. the gov has not yet standardized filing of the population's DNA therefore not yet possible to profile

Answer 11

Little Timmy

Answer 12

the unknown solider himself

Answer 13

In many wars, huge numbers of soldiers have died without their remains being identified. In modern times the practice developed for nations to have a symbolic Tomb of the Unknown Soldier that represented the war grave of those unidentified soldiers. They usually contain the remains of a dead soldier who is unidentified (or "known but to God" as the stone is sometimes inscribed), and is thought to be impossible to ever identify. Much work goes into trying to find a certain soldier, and to verify that it is indeed one of the relevant nation's soldiers.



Perhaps the first memorial of this kind in the world is the 1849 Landsoldaten ("Foot Soldier") monument of the First War of Schleswig in Fredericia, Denmark. Another early memorial of this kind is the 1866 memorial to the unknown dead of the American Civil War.



The current trend was started by the United Kingdom when, following World War I, it first buried an Unknown Warrior on behalf of all British Empire Forces in Westminster Abbey in 1920, leading other nations to follow their example. The most famous tomb is that in France under the Arc de Triomphe that was installed in 1921 honouring the unknown dead of the First World War.



These tombs are also used to commemorate the unidentified fallen of later wars. Although monuments have been built as recently as 1982 in the case of Iraq, it is unlikely that any further ones will be constructed. Advances in DNA technology mean that even the tiniest fragment of bone is usually identifiable.



National examples:

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Argentina: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the Independence, at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires.

Australia: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

Austria: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Heldenplatz in Vienna

Belgium: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the base of the Colonnade of the Congress in Brussels

Brazil: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the platform of the Monument to the Pracinhas in Rio de Janeiro

Canada: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial, Confederation Square, in Ottawa

Chile: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the General Manuel Baquedano Square in Santiago. It contains the remains of a soldier who died in 1881 during the War of the Pacific.

Czech Republic: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National Memorial on Žižkov (Vítkov) Hill in Prague

Denmark: the Landsoldaten ("The Foot Soldier") monument in Fredericia — perhaps the first monument of this kind in the world

Egypt: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Cairo, also including president Anwar Sadat tomb.

Finland: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Hietaniemi military cemetery in Helsinki

France: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris

Germany: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a former 19th century guard house, called Neue Wache in the street Unter den Linden, Berlin

Greece: The Monument of the Unknown Soldier (see photo) is in Syntagma Square (Constitution Square), Athens

Iraq: The Monument of the Unknown Soldier is in Baghdad

India: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is under The All-India War Memorial Arch, New Delhi

Indonesia: The Field of Honour is a memorial to unknown soldiers, and is in Bandung. There is also the Tomb of the Unknown (Dutch) Sailor in Kembang Kuning war cemetery in Surabaya.

Italy: the Tomb of the Milite Ignoto is in Rome, Piazza Venezia, in the Altare della Patria (Vittoriano)

New Zealand: the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is at the National War Memorial in Wellington

Perú: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Plaza Bolivar (Bolivar Square) in Lima. It contains the remains of a soldier who died in 1881 during the War of the Pacific.

Philippines: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Cemetery of Heroes) in Manila

Poland: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Marshall Józef Piłsudski Square in Warsaw

Portugal: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in the Mosteiro da Batalha.

Romania: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Carol Park, Bucharest

Russia: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Alexander Park, Moscow

Serbia: the Monument to the Unknown Hero is on Mt. Avala, Belgrade

Slovenia: the Monument to the Unknown French Soldier is in French Revolution Square in Ljubljana

Ukraine: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Dnieper Park, Kiev

United Kingdom: the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey in London

United States: the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia

United States: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Answer 14

nobody knows thats why it unknown

Answer 15

yes, and now the tomb is actually empty.

Answer 16

There isn't just one. Try a google search. :|

Answer 17

that guy...you know...the one that died...