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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 19 > 130 years later, 3 Buffalo Soldiers to be reburied with military honors

130 years later, 3 Buffalo Soldiers to be reburied with military honors

Forensic scientists identified the remains buried in New Mexico

By Melanie Dabovich / The Bulletin
July 19, 2009

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Until a few years ago, the memory of three African-American soldiers was buried beneath the sandy desert in New Mexico, their remains left behind by the military and at the mercy of looters.

With some investigating and modern forensics, government archaeologists....

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