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  • Servicemen Missing From Vietnam War Are Identified Capt. Warren R. Orr Jr & 1st Class George W. Long

    10/02/2007 2:38:47 PM PDT · by Dubya · 18 replies · 515+ views
    DOD ^ | October 02, 2007 | DOD
    The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Capt. Warren R. Orr Jr., U.S. Army, of Kewanee, Ill.; and Airman 1st Class George W. Long, U.S. Air Force, of Medicine, Kan. Long was buried Sept. 30 in Medicine and Orr’s burial is being set by his family. On May 12, 1968, these men were part of a crew on a C-130 Hercules evacuating Vietnamese citizens from...