According to the DPAA, the remains of nearly 1,700 previously unidentified U.S. soldiers killed in World War II have been identified, but over 70,000 remain unaccounted for. Of the roughly 1,000 U.S.

The remains of a Marine who died fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War II were buried with honors ... Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert ...

A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted ... the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Japanese-held Gilbert ...

Robert F. Van Heck. Van Heck was killed during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943 during World War II. He was 25 years old. His remains went unidentified for decades until scientists were able to prove ...