December 15, 2008
6 Troops Missing From Vietnam are ID'd
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office said the six men were killed aboard an aircraft that came under heavy enemy fire May 12, 1968.Two of the men were from Illinois —Air Force Maj. Bernard L. Bucher of Eureka and Army Capt. Warren R. Orr Jr. of Kewanee. They will be buried Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
The other servicemen — also from the Air Force — are identified as: Maj. John L. McElroy of Eminence, Ky.; 1st Lt. Stephen C. Moreland of Los Angeles; Staff Sgt. Frank M. Hepler of Glenside, Pa., and Airman 1st Class George W. Long of Medicine, Kan.
RIP soldiers.
By Stable Hand at 04:01 PM |
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