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Old 06-12-2015, 03:09 PM
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Default Four missing VN Veterans were found

VFW repots the following;

Four MIAs Identified
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced the identification of remains belonging to an Air Force pilot lost in World War II and three Army aircrew from the Vietnam War. Identified are:
• Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Jimmie D. Collins III, 22, of Sylacauga, Ala. On June 21, 1944, Collins was the co-pilot of a B-24H Liberator returning from a bombing mission near Berlin when it crashed near Hoofddorp, Netherlands. Also aboard were nine other airmen. One parachuted out and was captured by German forces; the other nine, including Collins, were reported as killed in action. Collins will be buried with full military honors in his hometown on June 29.
• Army Chief Warrant Officers 3 James L. Phipps of Mattoon, Ill., 24, and Rainer S. Ramos, 20, of Bellingham, Wash., were the pilots of a UH-1C Iroquois (Huey) helicopter that was shot down in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, on Jan. 9, 1968. Also aboard were door gunners Staff Sgt. Warren E. Newton, 18, of Canby, Ore., and Spc. Fred J. Secrist, 19, of Springfield, Ore. The crew was assigned to Troop C, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 14th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. A U.S.-led recovery team was able to recover the body of Secrist soon after the shoot-down, but not the other three, who will be buried as a group with full military honors on June 17 at Arlington National Cemetery.

God bless those folks who keep looking for our people. Bringing home these folks means alot to those that served but also gives the families some closure. I thank them for their continued efforts in locating our people.

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