A Navy petty officer who was MIA after he was killed in a
plane crash in Vietnam 52 years ago has been laid to rest in California with
full military honors.
Raul Guerra's remains were found in 2007 but the Pentagon needed 12 more years to positively identify them--a wait that consumed a friend who grew up with Guerra and who earned a Purple Heart in the Marines in Vietnam five months before Guerra was killed.
Raul Guerra's remains were found in 2007 but the Pentagon needed 12 more years to positively identify them--a wait that consumed a friend who grew up with Guerra and who earned a Purple Heart in the Marines in Vietnam five months before Guerra was killed.
"It was not just a friendship, it was a brotherhood,”
Randy Valencia told KTLA-TV. “We were brothers and I think any brother would go
look for his brother. This was my brother."
A large crowd attended Guerra’s burial Thursday in Whittier
following a memorial service. Attendees included members of the Montebello
Police Department, which issued a news release afterward with the headline,
"Petty Officer Raul Guerra Comes Home."
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