Four MIAs Identified
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 5:57 am
Four MIAs Identified: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced the identification of remains belonging to one Marine and three soldiers who had been missing-in-action from the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Returning for burial with full military honors are:
Marine Sgt. John McLaughlin, Company D, 32nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, who was lost in action fighting in North Korea on Dec. 2, 1950.
Army Cpl. Elmer P. Richard, 20, of Exeter, N.H., was assigned to Battery D, 15th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team. He was reported missing while fighting in North Korea on Dec. 2, 1950.
Army Pfc. Eugene L. Erickson, 21, of Crow Wing, Minn., was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He died in a North Korean POW Camp on Aug. 31, 1951.
Army Maj. Dale W. Richardson, 28, of Cashton, Wis., was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was lost when the UH-1H helicopter he was a passenger in was shot down near the Vietnamese/Cambodian border on May 2, 1970.
Marine Sgt. John McLaughlin, Company D, 32nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, who was lost in action fighting in North Korea on Dec. 2, 1950.
Army Cpl. Elmer P. Richard, 20, of Exeter, N.H., was assigned to Battery D, 15th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team. He was reported missing while fighting in North Korea on Dec. 2, 1950.
Army Pfc. Eugene L. Erickson, 21, of Crow Wing, Minn., was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He died in a North Korean POW Camp on Aug. 31, 1951.
Army Maj. Dale W. Richardson, 28, of Cashton, Wis., was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was lost when the UH-1H helicopter he was a passenger in was shot down near the Vietnamese/Cambodian border on May 2, 1970.