6 troops missing from Vietnam are ID’d

6 troops missing from Vietnam are ID’d
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 15, 2008 14:17:49 EST

CHICAGO — The Defense Department says six U.S. servicemen missing from the Vietnam War will soon be buried with full military honors.

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office said the men were killed aboard an aircraft that came under heavy enemy fire May 12, 1968.

Two of the men were from Illinois —
Air Force Maj. Bernard L. Bucher of Eureka and
Army Capt. Warren R. Orr Jr. of Kewanee.
They will be buried Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.

The other servicemen — also from the Air Force — are identified as:
Maj. John L. McElroy of Eminence, Ky.;
1st Lt. Stephen C. Moreland of Los Angeles;
Staff Sgt. Frank M. Hepler of Glenside, Pa., and
Airman 1st Class George W. Long of Medicine, Kan.