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No man left behind. With the return of Pfc Benedett, all members are now home who were aboard a rescue helicopter that was part of the mission to recover the crew of the S.S. Mayaguez but crashed in the surf off the coast of Cambodia.

May God grant Pfc Benedett with everlasting peace and bring comfort to his family and friends.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 330-13
May 14, 2013

Marine Missing from Vietnam War to be Buried with Crew

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, was recently accounted for and will be buried along with the 12 other servicemen who were lost in the same crash.

Marine Corps Pfc. Daniel A. Benedett of Seattle, Wash., will be buried May 15, at Arlington National Cemetery, along with Air Force 2nd Lt. Richard Vandegeer of Cleveland, Ohio; Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Bernard Gause Jr., of Birmingham, Ala.; Hospitalman Ronald J. Manning of Steubenville, Ohio; Marine Corps servicemen Lance Cpl. Gregory S. Copenhaver of Lewistown, Pa.; Lance Cpl. Andres Garcia of Carlsbad, N.M.; Pfc. Lynn Blessing of Lancaster, Pa.; Pfc. Walter Boyd of Portsmouth, Va.; Pfc. James J. Jacques of La Junta, Colo.; Pfc. James R. Maxwell of Memphis, Tenn.; Pfc. Richard W. Rivernburgh of Schenectady, N.Y.; Pfc. Antonio R. Sandoval of San Antonio, Texas; and Pfc. Kelton R. Turner of St. Louis, Mo.

On May 12, 1975, Khmer Rouge gunboats captured the S.S. Mayaguez in the Gulf of Thailand, approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of Cambodia. After the vessel was taken to Koh Tang Island, U.S. aircraft began surveillance flights around the island. When efforts to secure the release of the ship and its crew failed, U.S. military forces began a rescue mission.

Three days after the Mayaguez seizure, the Air Force dispatched six helicopters to the island. One of the helicopters came under heavy enemy fire and crashed into the surf with 26 men on board. Thirteen of the men were rescued at sea, leaving Benedett and 12 other service members unaccounted-for from the crash.

Between 1991 and 2008, investigators conducted more than 10 investigations and excavations, led by Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). On three occasions, Cambodian authorities turned over remains believed to be those of American servicemen. In 1995, U.S. and Cambodian specialists conducted an underwater recovery of the helicopter crash site where they located remains, personal effects and aircraft debris associated with the loss. Between 2000 and 2004, all of the missing service members from this helicopter, except Benedett, were accounted-for.

On Jan. 30, 2013, Benedett was accounted-for. Scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used circumstantial evidence and DNA process of elimination to account for his remains.

Today, more than 1,600 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. The U.S. government continues to work closely with the governments of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia to recover Americans lost during the Vietnam War.

For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO website at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1169 .

United We Roll World Tour Show
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Tuesday 05/14/13 1:00pm- 3:00pm Central (Live)
Wednesday 05/15/13 6:00pm- 8:00pm Central (Repeat)

Welcome Stardust Listeners -
We thank you for joining us on Tuesday, May 14th of 2013.

This Tuesday, we are honored to bring 2 new visits with four deployed members - three Air Force members who are serving in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and an Army member who is on duty in the country of Afghanistan. We also will play an encore presentation of an earlier interview with an Army member in Afghanistan.

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SHOW SCHEDULE
Tuesday 5/14/13

1:00pm - Introduction / Announcements

376 AEW
Interview #1 (appr 1:12pm) - SMgt Mtt Ascione,
MSgt Bradley Bennett & TSgt Paige Martin
AFCENT Band "Vector" - Transit Center at Manas
Republic of Kyrgyzstan

Combined Task Force 4-2
Interview #2 (appr 1:47pm) - SPC Timothy P Ryan
HHC 702D BSB
CTF 4-2 / Afghanistan

Task Force Durable
Interview #3 (appr 2:13pm) - CW2 Pharel Petitfrere
1st Sustainment Brigade
TF Durable / Afghanistan

Show ends at appr 3:00pm Central

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