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  • Pilot Missing From the Vietnam War is Identified Maj. John L. Carroll, U.S. Air Force

    11/06/2007 11:14:47 AM PST · by Dubya · 30 replies · 1,133+ views
    DOD ^ | November 06, 2007 | DOD
    The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Maj. John L. Carroll, U.S. Air Force, of Decatur, Ga. He will be buried on Nov. 13 at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. On Nov. 7, 1972, Carroll was flying a Forward Air Controller mission over Xiangkhoang Province, Laos, when his O-1G Bird Dog aircraft was hit by enemy ground fire and forced to land. Once on...