The Defense Department's POW and Missing Personnel Office has identified a service member missing for 45 years. Investigators traced the remains of Air Force Col. Francis McGouldrick Jr. of New Haven through the DNA of a great nephew and niece. McGouldrick disappeared on the night of Dec. 13, 1968. His attack bomber collided with another plane over Laos. His remains weren't found until 2012, and only identified now. He'll be returned to family and buried with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery. More than 1,600 American service members are still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.
So that's 58,203? Or have I lost count? What a waste. I respect those who served and were able to come home, but mourn those names on the wall.
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