The two page letter from Lt Col Metz of the Memorial Division
concerns the 8th Army Board of Review.

A request was made to have Unknowns X-306 and X-314
identified as part of a group of four POWs.

This request was not granted.

Within the Intraoffice Reference Sheet is a notation that
Sgt Goffery's dental records do not match any of the remains
recovered at the Koishikawa Military Cemetery.

23 MARCH 1949
IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN DECEASED
TO
COMMANDING GENERAL 8TH ARMY
FROM
LT COL T H METZ, MEMORIAL DIVISION
PAGE 1

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23 MARCH 1949
IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN DECEASED
TO
COMMANDING GENERAL 8TH ARMY
FROM
LT COL T H METZ, MEMORIAL DIVISION
PAGE 2

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INTRAOFFICE REFERENCE SHEET
14 JULY 1949
NEGATIVE RESULTS CONCERNING IDENTIFICATION
OF
SGT THOMAS GOFFERY

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