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DNA from bones on a Revolutionary War battlefield solves the case of 'America's oldest John Doe'
DNA testing and forensic investigation identified Pvt. John Pumphrey, a Maryland teenager who died in the 1780 Battle of Camden, as 'Camden 9B' after 246 years. Forensic teams extracted DNA from a temporal bone to solve the case, reuniting the remains with history ahead of the U.S. 250th anniversary.
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