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Colorado's last Guard Vietnam MIA laid to rest
Air Guard members find closure

By Tech. Sgt. Mike R. Smith
National Guard Bureau

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Members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard carry the remains of Maj. Perry Jefferson into the Old Chapel on Ft. Myer, Va., April 3, 39 years after Jefferson went missing in action in Vietnam.
(Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R. Smith, National Guard Bureau)


ARLINGTON, Va. – The remains of Colorado Air National Guard Maj. Perry H. Jefferson, who vanished during an observation flight 39 years ago over the jungles of South Vietnam, were at last laid to rest April 3 at Arlington National Cemetery.

Three days of events here were a high-profile attempt to put closure to a missing in action (MIA) mystery, but what exactly happened to the intelligence officer and his Army Reserve pilot, then 1st Lt. Arthur Ecklund during their fateful observation flight may never be known.

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TRIP REPORT TO THE UKRAINE

MARCH 5-12, 2008
The team, Vice President Jack Devine, POW Chair Gary Jones, and Communications Director Mokie Porter, arrived in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 6, 2008, after a ten-month delay due to political unrest in the Ukraine. Jim Connell, senior analyst for DPMO and an old friend of the team, accompanied us.

Our Ukrainian friends had become concerned that we had not visited them last year as expected. We explained the delay and assured them that VVA had indeed not forgotten or lost interest in them. Our welcome throughout the trip was warm and sincere.

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[ Letter from the Ukraine ] [ Letter to John Rowan from DPMO ]


Army Seeks DNA Samples from Families of MIA Soldiers
By Kristen Noel
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2008 – More than 6,300 families need to be located to collect DNA samples for the purpose of identifying missing soldiers from World War II and the wars in Korea and Vietnam, a U.S. Army official said yesterday.

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