The remains of Vietnam veteran Gerald Francis Long have finally been identified after they were first discovered in Arizona on April 19, 1975.
Skeletal remains discovered nearly five decades ago in Arizona have been identified as a Vietnam veteran from Minnesota, authorities said Wednesday. The remains of Gerald Francis Long were first found 40 miles east of Flagstaff off Meteor City Road on April 19, 1975, by farmers chasing a runaway pig, the Coconino County Sheriff's Office said.
Forensic investigators identified a potential family line, and by February found Long to be a possible match for the remains. Detectives contacted one of Long’s surviving family members and learned he had served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam, the sheriff’s office said. Long enlisted in January 1969 and deployed later that year. The family member said Long returned to Minnesota in February 1972 and was discharged from the Army a month later.
The Sheriff’s Office offers its deepest condolences to Mr. Long’s family, who have requested privacy at this time,' the sheriff’s office said.
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