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discovered the remains of both men. After the identification of his remains, Lupo's living next-of-kin contacted by the Army was his niece, Rachel Kleisinger. The soldier found along with Lupo remains unidentified. Lupo was buried with full honors at
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Modern technology has improved the ability to identify biological samples. Lupo's remains were identified by matching mitochondrial DNA extracted from his bones against the DNA collected from a niece via a saliva swab.
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with three Battle Clasps. A rossette is added to his name on the Tablets of the Missing, indicating that his remains were identified and accounted for.
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near Soissons. Lupo was killed in combat on that same day and was hastily buried on the battlefield, in the same grave with another U.S. soldier.
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in October 1917, along with hundreds of thousands of other young American men after Congress declared war on Germany at the behest of President
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Lupo's name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France. He was awarded the
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for the longest known period, his remains being recovered in 2003 and repatriated. He was killed in action near
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in September 2006. The location of the grave is section 66, grave number 7489.
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headstone
Soissons
Private
Private
United States Army
missing in action
Soissons
Cincinnati
drafted
Woodrow Wilson
18th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 1st Infantry Division
salient
archaeologists
Arlington National Cemetery
Purple Heart
World War I Victory Medal
"WWI Soldier Comes Home at Long Last His Remains Found Decades After He Fell on a French Battlefield, Ohio Private Emerges From Obscurity to Full Honors at Arlington"
The Washington Post
"The Unknown Soldiers (2006)"
the original
"1st Division Soldier identified, laid to rest"
"Longtime-Missing WWI Soldier Buried at Arlington National Cemetery"
the original
"1st Division Soldier identified, laid to rest"
the original
"Is All Still Quiet on the Western Front?"
cite web
link

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