U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt.Allen Avery; Vietnam

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today
that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been
identified and returned his family for burial with full military honors.
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Allen J. Avery, 29, of Arlington, Mass.; will be buried April 6 at
Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Exactly 40 years prior, on April 6, 1972, six
airmen were flying a combat search and rescue mission in their HH-53C Super Jolly Green Giant
helicopter over Quang Tri Province in South Vietnam, when they were hit by enemy ground fire
and crashed.
In 1988, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V) turned over remains they attributed to
an American serviceman, however, the name provided did not match anyone lost or missing from
the Vietnam War. The remains were held by JPAC pending improved technology which might
have facilitated a later identification.
From 1989 to 1992, Joint U.S./S.R.V field investigations, led by the Joint POW/MIA
Accounting Command (JPAC), found evidence leading to an aircraft crash site as well as two
reported burial sites. Team members recovered human remains and personal effects as well as
aircraft debris. As a result, the crew was accounted-for in 1997 and buried as a group at
Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Three of them were also individually
identified at that time.

http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/news/news_releases/2012/release_avery.pdf

 

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Thank you, Tech Sgt Avery. Be at peace. :S!