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After 63 Years, Airman's Remains Come Home
By News 8 WMTW
RUMFORD, Maine -- An Army airman, killed more than 60 years ago during World War II, finally has been laid to rest in his hometown of Rumford.
Second Lt. Al Bujolds B-17 bomber was shot down over New Guinea in 1943, but it wasnt until five years ago that DNA technology allowed the Army to identify his remains, which were part of a mass grave in St. Louis.
World War II Sub Found
By Adrienne LaFrance
BOSTON, Mass. - August 24, 2007 - Bruce, Brad, and John Abele of Newton, Mass., have spent more than 60 years wondering what happened to the submarine their father commanded during World War II.
The USS Grunion, the sub on which Lt. Cmdr. Mannert Abele's crew of 70 disappeared in July 1942, was found in the Bering Sea after a far-reaching search by his sons.
Despite an extensive search of Japanese and American records after the war, nothing revealed what may have happened to the submarine, let alone where it ended up.
"It has been on the books as missing, not missing in action but missing, for 65 years," said 78-year-old Bruce Abele, the eldest of the three brothers.
Frozen remains of WWII airman found in Kings Canyon National Park
Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writer
The frozen remains of a missing World War II airman have been discovered on a remote glacier in Kings Canyon National Park, not far from the spot where the body of his apparent crewmate was discovered in 2005, it was announced Monday. A hiker discovered the remains on Wednesday at 12,300 feet near Mount Darwin in the park. The remains, which were accompanied by a World War II-era uniform and parachute, were being taken Monday to the Fresno County coroner's office.
Because of the low temperature at the recovery site on the Mendel Glacier, the remains included skin, hair and soft tissue, according to Army Maj. Brian DeSantis of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command in Hawaii. The command will work to identify the body once the coroner releases it to the military.
"This body was found 100 feet from where the last one was found," DeSantis said. "We're hopeful it's from the same incident."
On Oct. 16, 2005, an ice climber found the body of a man later identified as Leo Mustonen, 22, one of four fliers aboard an Army Air Corps AT-7 plane that took off from Mather Air Force Base on Nov. 18, 1942, on a training flight and was never heard from again. The plane was believed to have crashed in a blizzard.
After Mustonen's body was found, searchers scoured the area, looking for other remains, but were hampered by the thick snowpack.
This summer, however, the snowpack at the site was about one-third of normal, DeSantis said
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Fireman 3rd Class Alfred E. Livingston, U.S. Navy, of Worthington, Ind.He will be buried on Saturday in Worthington.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Livingston was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma when it was attacked by Japanese torpedo aircraft and capsized in Pearl Harbor.The ship sustained massive casualties.Livingston was one of hundreds declared killed in action whose body was not recovered.In the aftermath of the attack, some remains were recovered from the waters of Pearl Harbor.One set of sailor's remains was recovered and thought to be associated with the USS Arizona losses.However, when efforts to identify the sailor failed, it was inconclusive what ship he was assigned to and he was buried as an unknown in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as The Punchbowl.
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Fireman 3rd Class Alfred E. Livingston, U.S. Navy, of Worthington , Ind.He will be buried on Saturday in Worthington .
On Dec. 7, 1941, Livingston was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma when it was attacked by Japanese torpedo aircraft and capsized in Pearl Harbor.The ship sustained massive casualties.Livingston was one of hundreds declared killed in action whose body was not recovered.In the aftermath of the attack, some remains were recovered from the waters of Pearl Harbor.One set of sailor's remains was recovered and thought to be associated with the USS Arizona losses.However, when efforts to identify the sailor failed, it was inconclusive what ship he was assigned to and he was buried as an unknown in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as The Punchbowl.
U.S. Department of Defense
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No. 860-07
July 10, 2007
Marine Missing In Action From Korean War Is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Ê
He is Pfc. Domenico S. Di Salvo, U.S. Marine Corps, of Akron, Ohio.ÊHe will be buried July 12 in Seville, Ohio .
In late November 1950, Di Salvo was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment, of the 1st Marine Division then deployed near Yudam-ni on the western side of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea . On Nov. 27, three Communist Chinese Divisions launched an attack on the Marine positions. Over the next several days, U.S. forces staged a fighting withdrawal to the south. Di Salvo was lost on Dec. 2, 1950, as a result of enemy action near Yudam-ni. He was among several in his company buried by fellow Marines in a temporary grave near the battlefield.
The Remains of a Vietnam Veteran are Returned Home
The remains of Vietnam Veteran Ben Danielson, who had been considered missing in action since 1969, have been recovered and returned to his family. Fellow Vietnam Vet Jim Corcoran, now with the Brighton Fire Department, traveled to Minnesota to attend a memorial for Danielson that was held on Father's Day.
Captain Benjamin Danielson, an Air Force Pilot, was shot down on December 5, 1969, along with his weapon's officer, Lieutenant Woody Bergeron.Ê Staff Sergent Jim Corcoran was a crewman on one of the many rescue choppers that were sent out to retrieve them. By the time Bergeron was successfully recovered, several days later, that mission had become the largest rescue effort of the war.
When Danielson and Bergeron ejected from their F-4 Phantom jet, they were both equipped with survival kits that included a radio and a pistol. They remained in radio contact, despite landing on opposite sides of a river. The Air force has always assumed that Danielson was killed, because Bergeron reported hearing gunfire on the other side of the river, just as Danielson's radio went dead.Ê However, until recently, no remains had ever been recovered.
War victim's family calls hometown burial bittersweet experience
By Timberly Ferree, staff writer
Family of fallen WWII soldier Alfred Eugene Livingston, a former Worthington resident, is experiencing mixed emotions as the date of his bittersweet homecoming approaches.
Until a recent identification through dental records, Livington's remains were buried as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Livington perished in 1941 while serving in the U.S. Navy on the USS Oklahoma during the attack on Pearl Harbor .
His nephew, Douglas Hobbs explained, ÒJust growing up I always heard stories about my uncle and how he died in Pearl Harbor from my mother (Lois Hobbs) whenever she would talk about it.Ó
On July 21, Livingston will be put to rest at the Worthington Cemetery with full military honor, Hobbs explained.
Vietnam War-era Soldier Identified, Returns Home with Son
by Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Chlosta, JPAC Public Affairs NCOIC
May 9, 2007
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii – Army Sgt. 1st Class Lewis Clark Walton Jr., an active duty National Guard and Reserve soldier with the 115th Military Police Company, East Greenwich, R.I., is a veteran of two combat tours in Iraq. His father, Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class Lewis Clark Walton Sr., didn't make it home from his second tour in Vietnam.On May 1, Walton Jr. escorted his father's remains from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command on Hickam AFB, Hawaii to his hometown of East Greenwich for burial on May 5.
"This is very rare, that we have a son escort remains," said Steve Thompson, JPAC external relations officer. Walton Jr.'s decision to join the Army was inspired by his father, by a deep sense of patriotism and in part by a family tradition of service to the country. In addition to his father, Walton Jr.'s two uncles and a cousin have all served in the military.
16 May, 2007
(Rochester, N.Y.) -- The remains of Sgt. Frank Graziosi were turned over to his family Tuesday during a ceremony at the Greater Rochester International Airport. Graziosi died 37 years ago during the Vietnam War.
Soldiers carried the casket holding the remains of a man younger than they are, but who died before they was born.
11 May, 2007
Airmen missing in action from WWII identified
WASHINGTON (AFNEWS) -- The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced May 11 that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
First Lt. Archibald Kelly, U.S. Army Air Forces, of Detroit, Mich., will be buried May 12 in Great Lakes National Cemetery at Holly, Mich.
Five Missing WWII Airmen are Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of five U.S. servicemen, missing from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are 1st Lt. Cecil W. Biggs, of Teague, Texas; 1st Lt. William L. Pearce, of San Antonio, Texas; 2nd Lt. Thomas R. Yenner, of Kingston, Pa.; Tech. Sgt. Russell W. Abendschoen of York, Pa.; and Staff Sgt. George G. Herbst of Brooklyn, N.Y.; all U.S. Army Air Forces.Pearce was buried April 27 in Louisville, Ky.; Herbst will be buried June 8 at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.; Biggs will be buried June 9 in Teague, Texas; Abendschoen's funeral is June 13 at Arlington; and Yenner will be buried July 30 at Arlington.
Soldier Missing in Action from the Korean War is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Cpl. Pastor Balanon Jr., U.S. Army, of San Francisco, Calif.He will be buried May 3 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
Soldier Missing From The Korean War Is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Korean War, has been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Cpl. Clarence R. Becker, U.S. Army, of Lancaster, Pa.He was buried April 25 in Indiantown Gap, Pa.
Representatives from the Army met with Becker's next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army.
MIA Remains Back on American Soil
Fifty-seven years ago, Sgt. Frank Bunchuk, who was 19 at the time, joined the United States Army only to become one of many servicemen with the status "Missing in Action" on Nov. 2, 1950.
The family began making arrangements on Friday for his burial in Arlington National Cemetery for later this year.
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Nu Mine man killed in World War II identified through DNA
Nearly 63 years after Staff Sgt. Blair W. Smith's plane was shot down over New Guinea during World War II, his remains will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
WWII Flyer Remains ID'd After 63 Years
The Associated Press
PONTIAC, Mich. - The remains of a World War II navigator listed as missing in action for almost 63 years have been identified two years after they were found in Croatia, the brother of the deceased pilot said.
Air Force 1st Lt. Archibald Kelly's B-24 crashed on July 22, 1944, south of Dubrovnik, Croatia, near the Adriatic Sea. The plane carrying 10 crew members was returning from a bombing raid on oil fields in Romania.
Korean War remains of 6 finally home By William Cole
A unique diplomatic recovery mission to North Korea ended yesterday at Hickam Air Force Base with the return of six American service members' remains from the Korean War to American soil for identification and eventual return to their families.
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Navy Aviator Missing In Action >From the Vietnam War Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Navy Cmdr. Peter Mongilardi Jr., of Haledon, N.J.He will be buried on April 11 at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington D.C.
MEREDITH, N.H. --A stone in Heskey Park has long served as an informal memorial to prisoners of war and missing soldiers, and soon it will soon become official, thanks to a military mom. The chairman of the Northeast POW-MIA Network holds a weekly vigil at the stone, and the annual Freedom Ride, part of Laconia's Motorcycle Week each June, also ends at the stone.
Holly Tetreault says her son, who's in the Navy, was visiting Washington recently when he saw vendors outside the Vietnam memorial selling paintings of the stone. She says that's proof it has become a nationally recognized symbol. Tetreault got permission from the board of selectmen to put a bronze plaque on the stone with the POW-MIA logo and the words, "To all POW-MIA's and their families ... past, present, future."
The plaque will be paid for through private donations.
Funeral is final chapter for family
Vietnam vet's remains return for burial
Army Master Sgt. Norman Payne moved through the Laotian jungle, searching for other members of his reconnaissance patrol. An enemy attack suddenly filled the night with bullets and confusion.
Payne and the others were part of MACV-SOG (the Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Operations Group) - elite combatants including Green Berets and Navy SEALs who conducted highly clandestine operations during the war in Vietnam.
Thirty-eight years later, the former Clevelander and Special Forces soldier is coming home, following a search that started in 1993 and ended with identification of Payne's remains this year.
ATLANTA - For nearly 37 years, memories were all the family of U.S. Army Capt. Herbert C. Crosby had left of the South Georgia soldier who disappeared after his helicopter crashed over Vietnam in 1970.
Now they have a tooth and military identification tag to cherish Ñ and bury.
Military officials recently announced their positive identification of remains belonging to Crosby and two other U.S. servicemen who went down in the helicopter with him.
Relatives plan to bury those items along with Crosby's uniform at ArlingtonNationalCemetery during the upcoming Memorial Day holiday in honor of his May 30 birthday.
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Soldiers Missing in Action from Vietnam War are Identified
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are Maj. Frederick J. Ransbottom, of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Staff Sgt. William E. Skivington Jr.; of Las Vegas, Nev.; both U.S. Army. Ransbottom will be buried in Edmond, Okla. on Jan. 13, and Skivington will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., on Jan. 23.
A funeral service and burial for Air Force Col. Charles J. Scharf of San Diego are scheduled today at Arlington National Cemetery, 41 years after his plane was shot down on an attack mission over a mountainous jungle in North Vietnam.
Air Force Col. Charles J. Scharf was downed in Vietnam in 1965. His remains will be buried today.
News Release
Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
(Public Affairs)
Washington, DC 20301-2400
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 1, 2006
SOLDIERS MISSING IN ACTION FROM THE KOREAN WAR ARE IDENTIFIED
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of eight U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are Master Sgt. Alfred H. Alonzo Sr., of Tampa, Fla.; Sgt. 1st Class Robert C. Bucheit, of Hamilton, Ohio; Sgt. Francis E. Lindsay, of Esther, Mo.; Cpl. Joseph Gregori, of West Pittston, Pa.; Cpl. Darrell W. Scarbrough, of Fayetteville, W. Va.; Cpl. Homer L. Sisk, Jr., of Ducor, Calif.; Cpl. Charles E. Sizemore, of Rushville, Ind.; and Cpl. William E. Wood, of Moorhead, Minn.; all U.S. Army. Gregori was buried in August; Bucheit was buried in September; Scarbrough, Sisk and Sizemore were buried in October; Alonzo was buried in November; and Lindsay and WoodÕs burial dates are being set by their families.
From the newsletter MN Won't Forget POW/MIA, St. Paul, MN
Birchim Book Review from Military Writers Society of America
Barbara Birchim's book "Is Anybody Listening? A True Story About The POW/MIA In The Vietnam War" is her accounting of her life and the facts around her husband Jim's disappearance in Vietnam. The MWSA says that this book is one of the most powerful personal statements from a wife of a MIA from the Vietnam War and has given this book its highest rating of Five Stars and The 2006 Presidents's Award.
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No. 1200-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 28, 2006
Soldier Missing in Action from the Korean War is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Master Sgt. Robert V. Layton, U.S. Army, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is to be buried today at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
U.S. Recovers Body Of Soldier MIA Since The Korean War
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) says they have identified a serviceman who was listed as missing in action (MIA) from the Korean War.
Pfc. Francis Crater Jr., U.S. Army's 32nd Infantry Regiment, of Barberton, Ohio will be returned to his family and buried with full military honors, October 21 in Akron, Ohio.
Pfc. Czerwonka will be buried in Washington , D.C.
Marine Pfc. Paul S. Czerwonka, a Stoughton resident who was listed as missing in action in Vietnam for 37 years, will finally receive the honors owed to him when he is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Oct. 7.
News that Czerwonka's remains had been positively identified and were being returned to the United States for burial was delivered to the family and then to the public on Aug. 10.
PRINCETON , Ky. -- A Kentucky Marine was buried in his hometown Saturday nearly four decades after he died in Vietnam .
A homecoming theme reverberated throughout the ceremony for Lance Cpl. Donald Mitchell, who died with 11 other servicemen in May 1968. Several investigations and excavations that began in 1993 led to the recovery.
DAYTON - More than three decades after he was shipped off to Vietnam, Army Capt. David Smith returned home.
On Wednesday, his partial remains were buried with military honors at the Dayton National Cemetery , bringing closure for a family which has grieved for more than 36 years.
As more troops deploy overseas from the Tri-State, the area now has the opportunity to welcome home a special Korean War veteran.
The remains of a Lawrence County , Ill. , prisoner of war are returning to his hometown of Bridgeport , Ill. , 54 years after he died in captivity.
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Air Force Col. Gregg Hartness of Dallas , Texas . He is to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington , D.C. , on Sept. 14.
On Nov. 26, 1968 , Hartness and lst Lt. Allen S. Shepherd, III, took off from Da Nang air base in South Vietnam , on a forward air control mission. While flying over Salavan Province in Laos , their O-2A 'Skymaster' was apparently struck by enemy fire and began to spin out of control. Shepherd bailed out and was rescued by an Air Force search and rescue team about nine hours later. He did not see Hartness bail out.
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today the identification of the remains of 12 U.S. servicemen missing in action from the Vietnam War.Ê Five of those identified are being returned to their families for burial, and the remaining seven will be buried as a group in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C.
The men who were individually identified are: Cpl. Gerald E. King, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Lance Cpls. Joseph F. Cook, of Foxboro, Mass.; Raymond T. Heyne, of Mason, Wis.; Donald W. Mitchell, of Princeton, Ky.; and Thomas W. Fritsch, of Cromwell, Conn., all of the U.S. Marine Corps.Ê Additional group remains are those of: Pfcs. Thomas J. Blackman, of Racine, Wis.; Paul S. Czerwonka, of Stoughton, Mass.; Barry L. Hempel, of Garden Grove, Calif.; Robert C. Lopez, of Albuquerque, N.M.; William D. McGonigle, of Wichita, Kan.; and Lance Cpl. James R. Sargent, of Anawalt, W. Va., all of the U.S. Marine Corps. Additionally, the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Glenn E. Miller, of Oakland, Calif. will be included in the group burial.
As a prisoner of war of the Nazis, Lloyd Kilmer was forced to march through a blizzard that left some POWs dead and Kilmer with frostbite on his hands and feet.
On July 8, the 84-year-old Sun City West resident was awarded the Purple Heart at Luke Air Force Base in a ceremony attended by his family, friends and base officials.
It had been more than 60 years since he earned the award, which was presented to him by Luke's base commander, Col. Robin Rand.
The commander praised Kilmer, telling him the nation was indebted to him for his service. Rand stressed the importance of recognizing World War II veterans.
Amid the table-flat cornfields of rural Ohio, a Melbourne policeman and Cape Canaveral's fire chief will lay their long-lost cousin to rest at last.
In March 1969, Army Sgt. Michael L. Batt was killed in an airplane crash in Vietnam. Search teams could not find the wreckage of the Army U-21A amid the dense, triple-canopied jungle, and Batt's body was lost for decades.
But in 2000, U.S. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command investigators discovered and excavated the crash site, about 25 miles northwest of Da Nang. DNA testing identified Batt's remains, and he will be buried Monday after a military graveside ceremony in Defiance, Ohio.
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today the remains of two servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are Col. James W. Lewis of Marshall, Texas, and Maj. Arthur D. Baker of San Antonio, Texas, both Air Force. Lewis is to be buried in Marshall on August 13, and Baker is to be buried in Longview, Texas on July 29.
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. Army soldier, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial in Schererville, Ind.
He is Pfc. Lowell W. Bellar of Gary, Ind. He is to be buried on July 15, the date of his birth in 1931.
Divers discover WWII U.S. sub in Gulf of Thailand
By Ed Cropley Ê
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A team of deep-sea divers has discovered the wreck of a U.S. submarine sunk by a Japanese minelayer 60 years ago in the Gulf of Thailand during the closing stages of World War II.
The U.S.S. Lagarto, a 1,500 ton"Balao class" submarine, disappeared without trace on May 4, 1945 after attacking a Japanese tanker and destroyer convoy around 100 miles off the southeast coast of Thailand.
All 86 men on board are still listed as missing in action.
"We've always known that since the end of the War there's been a submarine missing around there," said British wreck diver Jamie MacLeod, who discovered the 110 m (310-foot) submarine sitting in 70m (225 ft) of water in May.
The Department of Defense POW/MIA Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial.
He is Air Force Lt. Col. Darel D. Leetun of Hettinger, N.D. Leetun will be buried with full military honors July 8 at Arlington National Cemetery.
Remains Of Vietnam Veteran Identified After 39 Years
MIAMI -Ê The remains of an Air Force officer from Miami Beach have been identified, nearly four decades after his plane was shot down over Vietnam, officials said Wednesday.
ÊCapt. David J. Phillips Jr. was attacking enemy targets over Kien Giang Province in South Vietnam on July 3, 1966, when his F-5 Freedom Fighter was hit by ground fire and crashed, according toÊ the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial in Fergus Falls, Minn. on Wednesday.
He is Corporal John O. Strom of Fergus Falls, Minn.
BRISTOL, Tenn. Ð After 60 years, Private Earnest Brown returned home last weekend, wrapped in the same type of Army blanket that kept him warm through two European winters during World War II.
Every time Brown's remains have been moved since 1992, he's been carefully shrouded in a blanket, the folds held together with clothespins.
Airman missing from Vietnam War identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced that the remains of an Airman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and were returned to his family for burial at Arlington National Cemetery on June 10.
He is Col. James Carter of Johnson City, Tenn.
On Feb. 3, 1966, Colonel Carter was the aircraft commander of a C-123 Provider aircraft which had taken off from Khe Sanh in South Vietnam on a supply mission to Dong Ha, South Vietnam. The plane was not seen again, and searches along the flight route did not find a crash site.
WILLITS, Calif. -- DNA tests on bone remnants have confirmed the identity of a fighter pilot missing in action since a plane crash during the Vietnam War.
Air Force 1st Lt. Lee Aaron "Larry" Adams, 27, of Willits guided his fighter jet into an attack dive on a Quang Binh province target on April 19, 1966. Fellow pilots reported that his Republic F-105 Thunderchief was hit by enemy fire, crashed and exploded.
His family had no closure until this weekend -- 39 years later.
Three names removed from Camp Lester MIA wall after remains are found in Vietnam
By Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes, Pacific Edition
CAMP LESTER, Okinawa - U.S. Navy Hospital Okinawa personnel said a final goodbye Wednesday to three fallen comrades who went missing during the Vietnam War.
The hospital's honor guard removed the pictures of three hospital corpsmen from their POW/MIA wall after their remains recently were identified.
Corpsmen James Patrick McGrath, Ronald James Manning and Bernard Gause Jr. all died during or immediately after attacks on their air transport, according to Navy records.
"Missing Korean War Serviceman Remains found in China After 52 Years" by Soon-Taek Kwon (maypole@donga.com)
The remains of a U.S. soldier unearthed in Dandong, China last June were identified as those of a missing U.S. fighter pilot from the Korean War in 1952.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on February 26 that the investigation of the unearthed remains in Dandong last June identified them as those of captain Troy Cope, a pilot of a U.S. Air Force F-86 jet who became missing in September 1952.
After 38 years, remains of sergeant killed in Vietnam positively ID'd
By PAUL MEYER -The Dallas Morning News
PLANO Ð James Neil Tycz died a hero May 10, 1967, when a hand grenade exploded near his face in Khe Sanh, Vietnam.
Of his seven-member reconnaissance patrol team, only three Marines survived the early-morning firefight with the North Vietnamese army, according to military records. The others were buried under elephant grass on Hill 665, unrecovered but not forgotten.
Marine killed in Vietnam to finally come home
SUNY to honor star student-athlete's memory
By Gabriel J. Wasserman
For the Poughkeepsie Journal
NEW PALTZ -- Nearly 40 years after he was killed on his first day of active duty, a Marine who left an enduring athletic legacy at SUNY Paltz can be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
The remains of Second Lt. Heinz Ahlmeyer were identified in January from a tooth filling found at the site of a 1967 skirmish in Vietnam. The platoon commander was believed dead but listed as missing until the recently unearthed tooth was compared to dental records.
By JOHN HAUGHEY
Staff Writer, Sun-Herald, FL
Col. Sheldon John Burnett may have been missing in action for nearly 34 years, but he was never lost in the hearts, minds and memories of his children.
Now, he's coming home.
Burnett's daughter, Trish Burnett, of East Derry, N.H., said Friday she was notified Wednesday that her father's remains have been recovered in Laos.
Soldier's remains coming home
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) - More than 60 years after his plane disappeared during World War II, a South Texas soldier's remains are coming home.
Second Lt. James Walter Carver will be buried with full military honors on Saturday at the foot of his mother's grave in Eagle Pass.
An Army navigator, Carver had just turned 22 when his plane disappeared while en route to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, after a night raid on a key Japanese base. Seven other men, including another Texan, were on board.
"A 31-Year-Search For MIA Navy Pilot Comes To An End
By John Sharify KOMO 4 NEWS
Lt. Alan Clark was in the last Navy plane shot down in Vietnam; remains identified last month and he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
"WW2 B-24 Bomber found in waters near Port of Palau
A U.S Bomber has been found in waters off Palau, 60 years after it was shot down.
The remains of up to eight American servicemen could be on board and the exact position of the World War Two aircraft has not yet been released.
The leader of the volunteer Bentprop project, which tries to find missing aircraft, Dr Patrick Scannon, said the discovery of the men would help the families of those missing bring their relatives to rest.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP)--Remains believed to be those of four U.S. soldiers killed during the Vietnam War were saluted and loaded onto a plane bound for home Wednesday.
The remains were found in northern and central Vietnam by a joint recovery team that searches for soldiers listed as missing in action.
"Pentagon confirms Minnesota soldier's remains found, recovered in Laos
The Associated Press
Clinton Allen Musil Sr. had been missing since May 31, 1971, when his military helicopter was shot down while on a reconnaissance flight over Laos.
On Thursday, the Pentagon announced that the remains of the Minneapolis soldier had been recovered, bringing relief to a family that spent 33 years wondering.
"2 soldiers in helicopter crash missing
January 26, 2004
TIKRIT, Iraq -- A U.S. helicopter crashed in the Tigris River while searching for a missing soldier Sunday, and the aircraft's two crew members were missing, the military said.
It did not say what caused the crash of the Kiowa Warrior helicopter, attached to the 101st Airborne Division.
HANOI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The remains of four U.S. servicemen killed in the Vietnam War were flown out on Wednesday, the first repatriation this year in an ongoing programme to recover those lost during the conflict that ended nearly 30 years ago.
Placed in metal cases, each draped with the American flag, the remains were loaded onto a U.S. military transport plane.
The remains are expected to be taken to Hawaii for forensic identification, after which families will be
Air Force Staff Sgt. Elmer “Larry� Holden will be buried Saturday, 35 years after he died in the Vietnam War.
Holden, a flight engineer assigned to the 37th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Da Nang, Vietnam, died with three other crewmen when his helicopter was shot down while searching for a
missing U.S. AIr Force pilot missing near Hue.
Also, the body of Staff Sergeant Larry Holden is returning to American soil. Sgt. Holden gave his life fighting for America 35 years ago in Vietnam.
His search and rescue helicopter, an HH-3 Jolly Green Giant out of Da Nang Air Force Base, faced enemy fire and went down with four men inside.Witnesses said it exploded on impact, but no bodies were found.
Air Force Capt. Richard C. Yeend Jr., whose remains were identified last month 35 years after he had been listed as missing in action when his helicopter was shot down over Laos, was buried in a private family ceremony in Mobile.
Richard Yeend and his three crewmates were trying to rescue a downed A-4E Skyhawk Marine pilot June 9, 1968, when they were shot down. The remains of all four men were recovered earlier this year from the crash site near Ban Kaboui, Laos.
The remains of one of Yeend's crewmates, Lt. Jack C. Rittichier of Barberton, Ohio, also have been positively identified, the Pentagon announced Monday. Larry Greer, spokesman for the Pentagon office in charge of POW and MIA issues, said Rittichier was the only Coast Guardsman in the Vietnam War listed as missing in action.
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Half a world and 32 years distant from where their son's helicopter went down, Jim and Jane Black of Port Orford, finally said farewell Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Paul Vernon Black and three others were on an aerial reconnaissance mission over Cambodia when the chopper was shot down March 1, 1971. Only the remains of the other three men were recovered and identified at the time. Not until this year was the Army able to confirm that fragments recovered in 1995 from the site belonged to Black, who was 22.