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## News Release

# Soldier KIA During Vietnam War Identified (Johnstone)

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced todaythat the remains of a U.S. serviceman, killed in action during the Vietnam War, have beenidentified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

Army Capt. James M. Johnstone, 28, of Baton Rouge, La., will be buried Dec. 12, inArlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On Nov. 19, 1966, Johnstone was the pilotof an OV-1A Mohawk aircraft that crashed while conducting a daytime reconnaissance missionover Attapu Province, Laos. Nearby U.S. aircrews reported seeing the wing of Johnstone’saircraft hit a tree during a climb to avoid a nearby ridgeline. No parachutes were seen exiting theaircraft. Heavy enemy presence in the area prevented recovery efforts.

From 1993 to 2009, joint U.S./Lao People’s Democratic Republic (L.P.D.R.) teams, ledby the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), inteviewed multiple witnesses, andconducted several investigations and excavations of the crash site in Attapu Province. The teamslocated human remains, military equipment, an identification card bearing Johnstone’s name, andaircraft wreckage of an OV-1A, which correlated with the last known location of Johnstone’saircraft.

To identify the remains, scientists from JPAC analyzed circumstantial evidence and usedforensic identification tools, such as dental comparisons.

Today, the U.S. government continues to work closely with the governments of Vietnam,Laos, and Cambodia to recover Americans lost during the Vietnam War.

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

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