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## News Release

# Army Soldiers MIA From Vietnam War Are Identified (Crosby, Allen, Graziosi) 

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced todaythat the remains of three U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have beenidentified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

They are Capt. Herbert C. Crosby, of Donalsonville, Ga., Sgt. 1st Class Wayne C. Allen,of Tewksbury, Mass., and Sgt. 1st Class Francis G. Graziosi, of Rochester, N.Y., all U.S. Army.Burial dates and locations are being set by their families.

Representatives from the Army met with the next-of-kin of these men to explain therecovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf ofthe Secretary of the Army.

On Jan. 10, 1970, these men were returning to their base at Chu Lai, South Vietnamaboard a UH-1C Huey helicopter. Due to bad weather, their helicopter went down over QuangNam Province. A search was initiated for the crew, but no sign of the helicopter or crew wasspotted.

In 1989, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) gave to U.S. specialists 25 boxescontaining the remains of the U.S. servicemen related to this incident. Later that year, additionalremains and Crosby’s identification tag were obtained from a Vietnamese refugee.

Between 1993 and 1999, joint U.S./S.R.V. teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA AccountingCommand (JPAC), conducted three investigations in Ho Chi Minh City and two investigations inQuang Nam-Da Nang Province (formerly Quang Nam Province). A Vietnamese informant in HoChi Minh City told the team he knew where the remains of as many as nine American servicemenwere buried. He agreed to lead the team to the burial site. In 1994, the team excavated the siteand recovered a metal box and several bags containing human remains, including those of thesethree soldiers.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists fromJPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA anddental comparisons in the identification of the remains.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missingAmericans, visit the DPMO web site at or call (703) 699-1169.

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