Since 1992, the Department of Defense and the military Services have been actively collecting maternal family reference specimens from family members of military personnel whose remains have not been recovered or identified from Southeast Asia, Cold War incidents, Korea and World War II. The individual military Service Casualty offices continue to seek family members to update their databases.

Comparative Identity and Homogeneity Testing of the mtDNA HV1 Region Using Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis, RJ Steighner, LA Tully, JD Karjala, MD Coble, MM Holland (1999) Journal of Forensic Sciences, accepted February 1999.

If you are a family member seeking information about your case, contact your respective Service Casualty Office at the numbers shown below. They will also arrange for you to provide a reference specimen that will provide a DNA sequence which will be entered into the AFDIL Family Reference Specimen database.

If you are requesting a copy of your mitochondrial DNA typing results, complete the form shown at this site and return it to the DNA Registry. When your family reference sample has been processed, a copy of the report will be forwarded to you.

	U.S. Army 1-800-892-2490 Department of the Army TAPC-PER 2461 Eisenhower Ave. Alexandria, VA 22331-0482		U.S. Navy 1-800-443-9298 Navy Personnel Command Bureau of Naval Personnel Casualty Assistance Branch NPC-621P 5720 Integrity Dr. Millington, TN 38055-6210
	U.S. Marine Corps 1-800-847-1597 Headquarters, US Marine Corps Manpower and Reserve Affairs Personnel & Family Reference Division 3280 Russell Road Quantico, VA 22134-5103		U.S. Air Force 1-800-531-5501 USAF Missing Persons Branch 550 C Street West, Suite 15 Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4716