French WWI soldier identified by DNA to be laid to rest
February 21, 2018 by Murielle Kasprzak
A century after the Battle of Verdun a French soldier who was left behind on the battlefield will get a proper burial Wednesday after being identified by DNA samples from his relatives.
Sergeant Claude Fournier is the first French soldier who died in World War I to be identified by DNA analysis—a process already used by Britain to identify 10 servicemen in 2014.
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