CHICAGO, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Seven family members of fallen World War Two soldiers filed a lawsuit on Friday to push the U.S. federal government to find and identify the remains of their beloved ones.
The families from Wisconsin, California, Texas, and Rhode Island said they were able to find some classified records relating to the remains of their family members, but no effort has been made to locate them, the Wisc TV reported.
Private Arthur H. Kelder from Wisconsin is believed to be buried in a cemetery in the Philippine Islands, his family members were quoted as saying.
According to lawsuit files, "defendants have arbitrarily, capriciously and repeatedly refused to consider this new evidence or conduct newer, more reliable, inexpensive and readily available DNA sequencing tests to identify the remains."
Now the families are seeking a Texas federal court order to force the government to identify and return the remains to their homeland.
Some of fallen U.S. soldiers have been successfully identified through DNA analysis within a program initiated in 2015 by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Earlier this month, the remains of a U.S. sailor who died during the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese army have been identified and finally returned to his hometown in Iowa.
