TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An airman from Florida will finally be laid to rest after he disappeared off a mountain in Laos over 50 years ago during the Vietnam War.
Sergeant Willis R. Hall, 40, of Broward County, was one of 19 men assigned to Lima Site 85, a secret radar site on a remote mountain in Laos. The site was used to guide bomb strikes against North Vietnam, according to the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
The site, manned by volunteer Air Force technicians, operated for a little over four months before it was attacked by Vietnamese troops. The Americans sought shelter on a narrow ledge of the mountain, and eight of them were rescued by U.S. helicopters a few hours later.
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Hall was one of the 11 Americans who were presumed to be killed in the battle, and despite numerous recovery operations, their remains were unable to be recovered…