Families of missing Vietnam veterans visit memorial

PAPILLION, Neb. (KMTV) – More than 300 families with loved ones missing in action from the Vietnam War visited the Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Papillion.

  • More than 300 families with love dones missing from the Vietnam War visted the memorial.
  • The families are in Omaha for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s annual government briefing.
  • Families also visited the DPAA lab at Offutt Air Force Base.

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Antoinette Kelly’s late husband went missing in Vietnam. Last year, the plane he was in was recovered, but his remains still have not been found.

“I’m thinking he’s right there in shallow water and we would find him, but we didn’t, so I am really sad about that. But we aren’t giving up,” she said…

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