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10-01-2009, 03:26 PM
GI’s Body Returns Home From Vietnam
September 28, 2009
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. - The remains of a U.S. soldier who has been missing since a 1965 helicopter crash in South Vietnam have been returned to Nebraska.
A casket containing Spec. Donald Grella's body was flown from Hawaii to Omaha on Saturday. Grella's sister, Shirley Haase of Omaha, accompanied his remains.
Haase learned in July that Grella's body was among the remains found at a helicopter crash site near An Khe, Vietnam, in 2006.
The helicopter went down on Dec. 28, 1965, during a supply mission. The pilot radioed before the crash that bad weather and darkness made flying difficult. Grella was 25.
It was three years before the crash site was excavated.
Grella will be buried in his hometown of Laurel. A funeral is scheduled for Oct. 3 at the Laurel-Concord High School gym.
September 28, 2009
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. - The remains of a U.S. soldier who has been missing since a 1965 helicopter crash in South Vietnam have been returned to Nebraska.
A casket containing Spec. Donald Grella's body was flown from Hawaii to Omaha on Saturday. Grella's sister, Shirley Haase of Omaha, accompanied his remains.
Haase learned in July that Grella's body was among the remains found at a helicopter crash site near An Khe, Vietnam, in 2006.
The helicopter went down on Dec. 28, 1965, during a supply mission. The pilot radioed before the crash that bad weather and darkness made flying difficult. Grella was 25.
It was three years before the crash site was excavated.
Grella will be buried in his hometown of Laurel. A funeral is scheduled for Oct. 3 at the Laurel-Concord High School gym.