Font Laura, Jonker Geert, van Aalderen Patric A, Schiltmans Els F, Davies Gareth R
Faculty of Earth and Life Science (FALW), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1085 De Boelelaan, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Recovery & Identification Unit, Royal Netherlands Army, Department of Defense, Camp Soesterberg, Zeisterspoor 10, 3769 ZJ Soesterberg, The Netherlands.
Sci Justice. 2015 Jan;55(1):10-7. doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2014.02.005. Epub 2014 Mar 11.
In 2010 and 2012 two sets of unidentified human remains of two World War II soldiers were recovered in the area where the 1944-1945 Kapelsche Veer bridgehead battle took place in The Netherlands. Soldiers of four Allied nations: British Royal Marine Commandos, Free Norwegian Commandos, Free Poles and Canadians, fought against the German Army in this battle. The identification of these two casualties could not be achieved using dental record information of DNA analysis. The dental records of Missing in Action soldiers of the Allied nations did not match with the dental records of the two casualties. A DNA profile was determined for the casualty found in 2010, but no match was found. Due to the lack of information on the identification of the casualties provided by routine methods, an isotope study was conducted in teeth from the soldiers to constrain their provenance. The isotope study concluded that the tooth enamel isotope composition for both casualties matched with an origin from the United Kingdom. For one of the casualties a probable origin from the United Kingdom was confirmed, after the isotope study was conducted, by the recognition of a characteristic belt buckle derived from a Royal Marine money belt, only issued to British Royal Marines, found with the remains of the soldier.
2010年和2012年，在荷兰1944年至1945年卡佩勒什韦尔桥头堡战役发生的地区，发现了两具身份不明的二战士兵遗体。四个同盟国的士兵：英国皇家海军陆战队突击队、挪威自由突击队、自由波兰人以及加拿大人，在这场战役中与德国军队作战。利用牙科记录信息或DNA分析都无法确定这两名遇难者的身份。同盟国行动失踪士兵的牙科记录与这两名遇难者的牙科记录不匹配。已确定了2010年发现的遇难者的DNA图谱，但未找到匹配对象。由于常规方法提供的遇难者身份识别信息不足，对这些士兵的牙齿进行了同位素研究以确定其来源。同位素研究得出结论，两名遇难者的牙釉质同位素组成与来自英国的来源相匹配。对于其中一名遇难者，在进行同位素研究后，通过辨认出一个从皇家海军钱带上取下的特征性带扣（该带扣仅发放给英国皇家海军陆战队），确认了其可能来自英国，该带扣是在该士兵遗体旁发现的。
