Job Description:

• 1) Collects and identifies remains of deceased military personnel, both buried and unburied, and evacuates bodies to rear area for burial activities: Searches battlefields and other areas for unburied dead and for isolated and unmarked graves.

• 2) Exhumes bodies of buried dead.

• 3) Examines immediate area for identification items, such as dog tags, watches, and similar personal effects, and transports remains and personal effects to rear area.

• 4) Takes fingerprints, skeletal x rays, and prepares teeth chart to aid in identifying remains.

• 5) Examines remains, removes personal effects, and records property inventory on designated forms.

• 6) Records identity of remains including name, military unit, location, and cause and date of death.

• 7) Indicates location of temporary graves on map, sketch, or overlay for purposes of future recovery.