Forensic DNA testing has revealed the man as Jimmy Mack Brooks, a veteran who was 26 at the time of his death nearly 50 years ago.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III issued the approval Saturday in accordance with Directive-Type Memorandum 19-011. That policy allows service academy graduates to pursue employment in professional sports immediately following graduation.

General Order No. 11, issued in 1868, designated May 30 as a memorial day “for the purpose of strewing flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion ...”

For years, Suikoden fans have been clamoring for creator Yoshitaka Murayama to make another project along those lines, and they’re finally getting it with the Eiyuden Chronicle franchise. The first game out of the gate is Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, which is essentially an appetizer to the main game Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.