Remains of missing Vietnam War serviceman identified

Remains of missing Vietnam War serviceman identified
By the CNN Wire Staff
June 17, 2011 7:57 p.m. EDT

Air Force 1st Lt. David A Thorpe will be buried with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
DNA samples helped identify the remains of Air Force 1st Lt. David A. Thorpe
Thorpe will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors
Thorpe's plane crashed in South Vietnam in 1966
Remains recovered at a crash site were later identified as Thorpe's

Washington (CNN) -- It has been more than 40 years since Air Force 1st Lt. David A Thorpe was declared missing in action from the Vietnam War. Now his family will finally receive some closure.

Thorpe's remains have been identified by forensic anthropologists and are being returned to his family, officials with the Department of Defense said Friday.

He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on June 23 with full military honors.
On October 3, 1966, Thorpe and four other airmen failed to arrive at Nha Trang Air Base after their departure from the Tan Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam. Eight days later, their remains were recovered by rescue personnel at a crash site some 40 miles west of Nha Trang.
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Remains of missing Vietnam War serviceman identified