Partial skeletal remains discovered more than 40 years ago in Southern California have been identified through DNA technology as belonging to a missing Vietnam War veteran and Bronze Star recipient, authorities announced this week.
The victim has been identified as Thomas Aquinas Cooney, born on Oct. 5, 1950, in Bryn Mawr, Pa., the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release issued Monday, Nov. 24.
Hikers first found the remains near mile marker 43.50 on Highway 33 in Ojai, Calif., in February 1981 and alerted authorities…