100 years after his WWI death, a Calgary-born Canadian soldier was recognized.

This month, while we honor our military heroes, we also pay tribute to the numerous dead soldiers whose graves were never inscribed.

More over 27,000 Canadian service members from the First and Second World Wars as well as the Korean War are still regarded as missing. However, a group of forensic anthropologists is identifying the individuals and tracing their ancestry when bone remains are found.

The case of a Calgary man who vanished more than a century ago is told by Heather Yourex-West.

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