Posted on 02/20/2015 11:05:20 AM PST by w1n1
The newly established Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has dispatched a remains recovery team to the Cambodian island of Koh Tang, where three Marines were left behind following the final battle of the Vietnam War.
The excavation site is believed to hold the remains of Lance Cpl. Joseph Hargrove, Pfc. Gary Hall or Pvt. Danny Marshall, according to official documents from DPMAA’s predecessor, the Joint Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Accounting Command.
The three-man gun team was left behind in the confusion of a troop withdrawal following a brutal May 15, 1975, battle between about 200 U.S. Marines and entrenched Cambodian Khmer Rouge soldiers in what became known as the “Mayaguez Incident.” The rest of the dig site story here.
WOW. I hope they are successful in obtaining and identifying the remains.
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My Dad’s cousin (my second cousin) was an Air Force Pilot, who went missing over the Ho Chi Minh trail, in 1968. His remains were recovered, and he was buried with full honors, in Arlington, in 2013. It was a great relief to his surviving daughters; hopefully these families will have a similar outcome.
Grrrr. I wonder if their names are on the wall?
Yes they are. Couldn’t finish watching the youtube with dan rather. Just couldn’t.
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