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Military Mortuary RFID
Implantation Applications
31.1 INTRODUCTION
In 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the passive RFID technology
VeriChip for use in medical applications, specically in human implantation. The implantation of
an RFID chip in human beings is or should be of great interest for military morticians. Currently,
military personnel are positively identied through the use of ID tags, dental records, and DNA.
Some military casualties may leave little evidence of the identication. This is prevalent in casual-
ties resulting from the detonation of mines or improvised explosive devices or heavy mu