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Post by Gene on Aug 8, 2012 1:56:48 GMT 9
Missing Airmen Identified: Defense Department forensic scientists identified the remains of two airmen who had been missing in action since the Vietnam War, announced the Pentagon on Aug. 6. Lt. Col. Charles M. Walling of Phoenix and Maj. Aado Kommendant of Lakewood, N.J., will receive a group burial with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Aug. 8—the 46th anniversary of the crash that took their lives, states DOD's release. Walling was already individually buried on June 15 at Arlington, notes the release. Walling and Kommendant's F-4C crashed on Aug. 8, 1966, during a close air support mission over Song Be province, Vietnam. Search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful in the days following the crash. Between 1992 and 2010, joint US-Vietnamese teams investigated the crash site and then excavated it, recovering aircraft pieces, Walling's identification tag, and human remains. The recovered items led to the identification of these airmen, states the release
from airforce online mag.
:god_bless_usa
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Post by Gene on Oct 18, 2012 2:43:15 GMT 9
Missing Airmen's Remains Identified: Defense Department forensic scientists identified the remains of two airmen who had been missing in action since their F-4D Phantom II aircraft crashed during the Vietnam War, announced Pentagon officials on Oct. 16. Col. Wendell Keller of Fargo, N.D., and Capt. Virgil K. Meroney III of Fayetteville, Ark., will be buried with full military honors as a group—in a single casket representing the Phantom's aircrew—on Oct. 19 in Arlington National Cemetery, according to DOD's release. Meroney was interred individually on June 9 in his hometown, states the release. Enemy fire reportedly brought down Keller and Meroney's F-4D during a nighttime strike mission in Khammouan Province, Laos, on March 1, 1969. Heavy enemy presence in the area prevented recovery efforts. Between 1994 and 2011, joint US-Lao teams conducted several investigations and excavations of the crash site, recovering human remains, military equipment, a military identification card, and aircraft wreckage, that, along with more than 40 eyewitnesses accounts, led to the identification of these airmen.
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Post by jeep3 on Oct 18, 2012 4:53:14 GMT 9
thanx for the post Gene, this is important news :thanks :salute :god_bless_usa
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