E-1B Vietnam Crew MIA since 1967... Now Home!

From the Conservative Voice:

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

They are all U.S. Navy.

• Lt. j.g. Norman L. Roggow, of Aurelia, Iowa;
• Lt. j.g. Donald F. Wolfe, of Hardin, Mont.;
• Lt. j.g. Andrew G. Zissu, of Bronx, N.Y.;
• Chief Petty Officer Roland R. Pineau, of Berkley, Mich.;
• Petty Officer 3rd Class Raul A. Guerra, of Los Angeles, Calif.;

Pineau was buried on Oct. 8 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. The dates and locations of the funerals for the other servicemen are being set by their families.

On Oct. 8, 1967, Zissu and Roggow were the pilots of an E-1B Tracer en route from Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, back to the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. Also on board were Wolfe, Pineau and Guerra. Radar contact with the aircraft was lost approximately 10 miles northwest of Da Nang, Vietnam. Adverse weather hampered immediate search efforts, but three days later, a search helicopter spotted the wreckage of the aircraft on the face of a steep mountain in Da Nang Province. The location, terrain and hostile forces in the area precluded a ground recovery.

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