The US Military identified the remains of the US Soldier found in the Euphrates River as PFC Joseph Anzack, Jr.

The military confirmed Thursday that the body found a day earlier in the Euphrates River south of Baghdad was that of Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr., who had been missing since militants ambushed his unit nearly two weeks ago.

A commanding officer identified the remains recovered from the river, but DNA tests were still pending, military officials told Anzack’s family.

“They told us, ‘We’re sorry to inform you the body we found has been identified as Joe,”‘ the soldier’s aunt, Debbie Anzack, said Wednesday. “I’m in disbelief.”

How it breaks my heart to hear of any of our heroes killed over there, and how I sympathize with those who carry the burden of notifying the families of the lost.

Rest in peace, PFC Anzack, and may God comfort your family in the knowledge you will all be reuninted one day never to be separated again.