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Army MIA Soldiers from Vietnam War Identified
U.S. Department of Defense ^ | February 14, 2006

Posted on 02/21/2006 1:16:22 PM PST by Calpernia

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 136-06 February 14, 2006

Army MIA Soldiers from Vietnam War Identified

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of four U.S. servicemen, missing in action since the Vietnam War, have been identified. They will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

They are: Maj. Jack L. Barker of Waycross, Ga.; Capt. John F. Dugan of Roselle, N.J.; Sgt. William E. Dillender of Naples, Fla.; and Pfc. John J. Chubb of Gardena, Calif. All were from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Chubb will be buried in Inglewood, Calif., on Feb. 18. Barker, Dugan and Dillender will be buried on April 12 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington. D.C.  On March 20, 1971, Barker and Dugan were piloting a UH-1H Huey helicopter with Dillender and Chubb on board. The aircraft was participating in a troop extraction mission in the Savannakhet Province of Laos. As the helicopter approached the landing zone, it was hit by heavy enemy ground fire. It exploded in the air and there were no survivors. Continued enemy activity in the area prevented any recovery attempts.  A refugee in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, showed an identification tag of Pfc. Chubb and a medallion to a U.S. interviewer in 1986. The medallion was reportedly recovered near the same general location from an F-105 crash site. However, the location and the aircraft type did not correlate with the missing aircraft and soldiers.  Between 1988 and 2001, joint U.S.-Lao People’s Democratic Republic teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), conducted four investigations and three excavations for these soldiers without positive results. An investigation team surveyed three crash sites in 2002 after interviewing local villagers from the province. The team recovered a fragment of human tooth and some crew-related artifacts from one of the crash sites.  In October and November 2004, another joint investigation team excavated the crash site and recovered additional human remains and crew-related evidence. The wreckage was of a UH-1H helicopter, and contained insignia worn by members of the 101st Airborne Division.  The remains included nine fragments of teeth that the forensic anthropologists at JPAC were able to match with detailed information from medical and dental records.  From the Vietnam War, 1,807 Americans are still unaccounted-for with 364 of those from Laos. Another 839 have been accounted-for in Southeast Asia with 208 of those from losses in Laos.  For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: dod; jackbarker; johnchubb; johndugan; mia; pow; vietnam; vietnamwar; welcomehome; williamdillender

1 posted on 02/21/2006 1:16:25 PM PST by Calpernia
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The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of four U.S. servicemen, missing in action since the Vietnam War, have been identified. They will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

They are: Maj. Jack L. Barker of Waycross, Ga.; Capt. John F. Dugan of Roselle, N.J.; Sgt. William E. Dillender of Naples, Fla.; and Pfc. John J. Chubb of Gardena, Calif. All were from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Chubb will be buried in Inglewood, Calif., on Feb. 18. Barker, Dugan and Dillender will be buried on April 12 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington. D.C.

2 posted on 02/21/2006 1:17:25 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

Four more going home.


3 posted on 02/21/2006 1:22:49 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: Calpernia

Welcome home brothers. You have been gone too long. Rest in peace. Nam 70.


4 posted on 02/21/2006 1:24:52 PM PST by RetiredArmy (America is doomed to be socialist. Way too many people with palms pointed up!)
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There are still a lot of good men missing and thank God for the investigators who are giving these families closure.

Lets all pray and hope they can find more.


5 posted on 02/21/2006 2:59:47 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

ping


6 posted on 02/21/2006 3:11:23 PM PST by Rakkasan1 (Muslims pray to Allah, Allah prays to Chuck Norris.)
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To: Calpernia

Thanks for posting this story.


7 posted on 02/21/2006 4:35:23 PM PST by Cagey ("Soldiers, keep by your officers. For God's sake, keep by your officers!")
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To: Calpernia

Welcome Home Troops.

Rest with the Lord.


8 posted on 02/21/2006 7:56:54 PM PST by Khurkris ("Hell, I was there"...Elmer Keith.)
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To: SAMWolf; Iris7; Valin; alfa6; USMCBOMBGUY; snippy_about_it

Welcome Home ping


9 posted on 02/21/2006 8:01:18 PM PST by Professional Engineer (It's a bunch of hot air, crap flows down hill, and electrons go wherever they darn well please.)
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Welcome home. Good work from our guys still looking. Thanks for the ping.


10 posted on 02/21/2006 8:17:00 PM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: Calpernia

Thank God for these heroes!


11 posted on 02/21/2006 10:17:48 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Calpernia

I'm glad their families have them home. I'm glad we have our brothers home! Now for the rest of them!


12 posted on 02/26/2006 12:44:32 AM PST by Vets_Husband_and_Wife
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