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Marines from the Marine Band, “The President’s Own”, and the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. (8th and I) conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ronald Forrester in Section 47 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 7, 2024.
From a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) press release:
In the winter of 1972, Forrester was assigned to Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron 533, Marine Attack Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On Dec. 27, Forrester was a bombardier navigator on a A-6A Intruder, along with his co-pilot, during a nighttime combat mission over the northern part of the Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam. After entering the target area, Forrester’s aircraft ceased radio communications and never returned to base. Search and rescue teams could not locate any trace of the aircraft or the crew in the Le Thuy District, Quang Binh Province. In September 1978, the Marine Corps changed Capt. Forrester’s initial Missing in Action status to Killed in Action.
After decades of investigation into the incident yielding no results, investigators discovered remains and material evidence which is believed to be associated with both missing aviators. This recovered evidence has been associated with Reference Number (REFNO) 1973 incident and corresponding crash site (VN-02653). To date REFNO 1973 is the only A-6 loss within 30 kilometers of the crash site, which the DPAA Indo-Pacific Directorate believes is a direct correlation to the missing Marines.
To identify Forrester’s remains, scientists from DPAA used circumstantial evidence recovered from the crash site, as well as mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evidence.
Forrester was official accounted for on Dec. 4, 2023. Forrester’s daughter, Karoni Forrester, received the U.S. flag from his funeral service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
| Date Taken: | 10.07.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 10.08.2024 10:22 |
| Photo ID: | 8684942 |
| VIRIN: | 241007-A-IW468-3574 |
| Resolution: | 7360x4912 |
| Size: | 20.97 MB |
| Location: | ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, US |
| Web Views: | 35 |
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