3 Vietnam MIAs’ remains ID’d

Jerry920 sends a link to an article about the identification of 3 Special Forces soldiers’ remains from an ambush 41 years ago;

According to Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) spokesperson Elizabeth Feeney, an investigation into the missing soldiers began in December 1993. In May 2009, a joint U.S.-Vietnamese team correlated the site where SFC Shue and the two other men were last seen. A month later, the team talked with a witness to the attack and found some remains.

It wasn’t until March 2010 that the team was able to excavate the hilltop. The bodies were identified in January 2011.

The three were Sergeant First Class Donald M. Shue of North Carolina, Staff Sergeant Gunther H. Wald of New Jersey and Staff Sergeant William T. Brown of California.

According to the head of the Rolling Thunder motorcycle group, the family has asked the group to help lead SFC Shue’s body home to Cabarrus County in late April. SFC Donald Shue rode bikes back in the 60’s and his nephew, who is listed as next-of-kin, also rides and will be riding the lead with the motorcycle group both days.

SFC Shue is expected to be buried with his parents and brothers in Concord, NC on May 1st.

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