The remains will be repatriated Thursday to U.S. officials in Seoul, South Korea, driven across the Demilitarized Zone that has separated North and South Korea since the Korean War. Later they will be flown to the Army's Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii for positive identification.

Twelve of the 19 sets of remains were recovered near the Chosin Reservoir and are believed to have been soldiers from the Army's 7th Infantry Division, which fought Chinese forces in November and December 1950.

A second team of U.S. specialists recovered seven sets of remains in Unsan County, about 60 miles north of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. This was the site of battles involving the Army's 1st Cavalry and 25th Infantry divisions in November 1950.

More than 8,100 U.S. troops remain unaccounted for from the Korean War, which ended in July 1953.

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