POW-MIA Capt. Arnold "Dusty" Holm remains may have been found

Remains Found In Vietnam Could Be Waterford Pilot's
By JESSE A. HAMILTON | Washington Bureau Chief
August 6, 2008
WASHINGTON — - The remains of Capt. Arnold "Dusty" Holm, a Waterford Army pilot shot down in a Vietnam battle 36 years ago, might be among a handful of human bone fragments recovered in a U.S. military excavation recently completed near Hue City.

The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team found a scant handful of human bone fragments, according to the office of Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd, which has been closely following the search. But the investigation turns now to laboratory work, where a difficult process is under way to try to extract DNA from the few bone pieces.

If lab technicians can recover DNA, they may be able to match it to relatives of Holm or of the other two men who rode in his small reconnaissance helicopter on June 11, 1972.

If they are unable to get DNA, they will report back in the next two to three months, according to Courtney's staff. Even if they find something, the matching process could take several more months.
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