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Alabama Marine killed in Vietnam helicopter crash to be buried at Arlington
Alabama Marine killed in Vietnam helicopter crash to be buried at Arlington
Updated 7:03 AM; Posted 7:03 AM
By Leada Gore lgore@al.com
Marine Cpl. Glyn L. Runnels Jr.
The remains of an Alabama serviceman killed more than 50 years ago in Vietnam will be buried this week at Arlington National Cemetery.
Marine Cpl. Glyn L. Runnels Jr. of Birmingham was killed June 30, 1967 when the helicopter he was on crashed after being hit by enemy fire over Vietnam. He was 21 at the time of his death.
Runnels was one of five servicemen killed in the crash. Remains of two of the men, Marine Lance Cpl. Merlin R. Allen, 20, of Madison, Wisconsin, and Navy Hospital Corpsman Michael B. Judd, 21, of Cleveland, Ohio, were identified in 2013. The remains of Runnels, along with are Capt. John A. House, II, 28, of Pelham, New York and Lance Cpl. John D. Killen, III, 18, of Davenport, Iowa, were identified in 2015.
Runnels, House and Killen will be buried as a group with full military honors on Sept. 27, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
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Updated 7:03 AM; Posted 7:03 AM
By Leada Gore lgore@al.com
Marine Cpl. Glyn L. Runnels Jr.
The remains of an Alabama serviceman killed more than 50 years ago in Vietnam will be buried this week at Arlington National Cemetery.
Marine Cpl. Glyn L. Runnels Jr. of Birmingham was killed June 30, 1967 when the helicopter he was on crashed after being hit by enemy fire over Vietnam. He was 21 at the time of his death.
Runnels was one of five servicemen killed in the crash. Remains of two of the men, Marine Lance Cpl. Merlin R. Allen, 20, of Madison, Wisconsin, and Navy Hospital Corpsman Michael B. Judd, 21, of Cleveland, Ohio, were identified in 2013. The remains of Runnels, along with are Capt. John A. House, II, 28, of Pelham, New York and Lance Cpl. John D. Killen, III, 18, of Davenport, Iowa, were identified in 2015.
Runnels, House and Killen will be buried as a group with full military honors on Sept. 27, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
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