Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Maj. Curtis Daniel Miller Flew An AC-130A
The Department of Defense announced Tuesday 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.
Air Force Maj. Curtis Daniel Miller of Palacios, Texas, will be
buried on March 29 in the Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery.
Miller was part of a 14-man aircrew, all of which are now
accounted-for. Remains that could not be individually identified
are included in a group that will be buried together in Arlington
National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.
On March 29, 1972, 14 men were aboard an AC-130A Spectre gunship
that took off from Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, on an
armed reconnaissance mission over southern Laos. The aircraft was
struck by an enemy surface-to-air missile and crashed. Search and
rescue efforts were stopped after a few days due to heavy enemy
activity in the area.
In 1986, joint U.S.- Lao People's Democratic Republic teams, lead
by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), surveyed and
excavated the crash site in Savannakhet Province, Laos. The team
recovered human remains and other evidence including two
identification tags, life support items and aircraft wreckage. From
1986 to 1988, the remains were identified as those of nine men from
this crew.
Between 2005 and 2006, joint teams resurveyed the crash site and
excavated it twice. The teams found more human remains, personal
effects and crew-related equipment. As a result, JPAC identified
the other crewmen using forensic identification tools,
circumstantial evidence, mitochondrial DNA and dental
comparisons.
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