Remains of 7 servicemen from WWII are identified

[Hondo]

Something to remember this Independence Day

(07-03) 10:41 PDT Tyrone, Pa. (AP) --

U.S. military authorities have identified the remains of seven servicemen missing in action since their cargo plane went down in Burma during World War II.

The men were aboard a C-47A Skytrain that left India on May 23, 1944, to resupply Allied forces near Myitkyina, Burma, but never returned.

In 2002, a missionary found a data plate from a crash site about 31 miles northwest of Myitkyina. A military team excavated the site.

Aboard the plane were Air Force Tech. Sgt. Clarence Frantz of Tyrone, Pa.; Capt. Joseph M. Olbinski of Chicago; 1st Lt. Joseph J. Auld of Floral Park, N.Y.; 1st Lt. Robert M. Anderson of Millen, Ga.; Pfc. Richard M. Dawson of Haynesville, Va.; Pvt. Robert L. Crane of Sacramento, Calif.; and Pvt. Fred G. Fagan of Piedmont, Ala.

They will be buried with full military honors July 15 at Arlington National Cemetery

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/03/state/n094837D12.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0sezheLmh

 

[Burton]

Hondo, a great post and I cant imagine anything much more important then returning these fellows remains to our soil. I'm out on Wake Island and we are still finding war dead.

 

[Silver Dollar]

I'm sure that ID was done by CILHI in Hawaii. Those guys are the best at what they do.