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17.3.10

Air Force Major Lost Over Laos During Vietnam War is Identified - Salem-News.Com

Two men from the plane already recovered and returned home after 36 years are Major Barclay B. Young, of Hartford, Connecticut and Senior Master Sergeant James K. Caniford, of Brunswick, Maryland.

tribute to Curtis Daniel Miller
From a tribute page to Curtis Daniel Miller who was aboard the Air Force AC-130A Spectre gunship that was shot down over Laos in 1972. Courtesy: virtualwall.org

(SALEM, Ore.) - U.S. officials say the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War from a C-130 crash in 1972, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

There are two sides to every story and often good people on opposing sides of an issue, but the story of this aircraft and crew will always be viewed with questions that relate to whether or not some of these men could have ended up as POW's, living many years after the crash.

Staff Sgt. Merlyn Paulson:

Two men from the plane already recovered and returned home after 36 years are Major Barclay B. Young, of Hartford, Connecticut and Senior Master Sergeant James K. Caniford, of Brunswick, Maryland.

In our May 2008 story on the return of Young and Caniford, we reported that the other men aboard the plane when it crashed in addition to Curtis D. Miller, were Howard Stephenson, Robert Simmons, Edwin Pearce, Edward Smith, Richard Halpin, Irving Ramsower, Richard Castillo, Charles Wanzel, Merlyn Paulson, William Todd and Robert E. Simmons.

According to government reports, the 14 men were aboard the AC-130A Spectre gunship that took off from Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, on March 29th, 1972 on an armed reconnaissance mission over southern Laos.

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Air Force Major Lost Over Laos During Vietnam War is Identified - Salem-News.Com

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