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Remains of missing Vietnam pilots ID’d


The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Sep 24, 2008 6:41:27 EDT

WASHINGTON — The remains of two missing Air Force pilots whose aircraft went down in the Vietnam War have been identified from a crash excavation site.

The Defense Department said Wednesday that dental records have identified the remains of Capt. James Cross, of Warren, Ohio, and Capt. Gomer Reese III, of Scarsdale, N.Y.

On April 24, 1970, the men were flying an orientation flight over Laos when the plane was struck by enemy fire and crashed.

Investigators in the mid-1990s interviewed Laotian citizens who claimed they witnessed the crash. Remains and items linked to the crash turned up over the years, but the pilots were not identified until this spring.

The remains will be returned to the pilots’ families for burial.

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