Ill. servicemen missing from Vietnam ID'd

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office says six U.S. servicemen missing from the Vietnam War 창€” including two from Illinois 창€” will soon be buried with full military honors.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Bernard L. Bucher, of Eureka and Army Capt. Warren R. Orr Jr. of Kewanee will be buried Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.

The other servicemen have been identified as: Maj. John L. McElroy, of Eminence, Ky.; 1st Lt. Stephen C. Moreland, of Los Angeles; Staff Sgt. Frank M. Hepler, of Glenside, Pa., and Airman 1st Class George W. Long, of Medicine, Kan., all of the U.S. Air Force.

The defense department says the men were killed aboard an aircraft that came under heavy enemy fire on May 12, 1968.