How much is a memorial worth, to a government?

[palominocorn]

I understand that the point of unknown soldier memorials is "this person could be anyone, could be your relative!"

But... some of my relatives went off to war and never came back. I know it would significantly ease my grandma's pain if one of the unknown soldiers turned out to be her uncle, and the body was turned over to us for burial with the rest of the family.