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POSTED ON 10.7.2019
POSTED BY: KR
Major John M. Brucher, USAFA 1962 - POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY 2019
The Department of Defense conducted a ceremony at the Pentagon on Friday, 20 September 2019 in recognition of POW/MIA Recognition Day. Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Nordquist remembered the 1,587 MIAs from the Vietnam War as well as all those still unaccounted for from WWII, the Korean War, the Cold War and other conflicts. Since the 2018 Ceremony, DPAA has positively identified 7 Vietnam War MIAs. Major John Martin Brucher, USAFA Class of 1962, is one of those 1,587 MIAs unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. He is also one of 2 graduates from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs class of 1962 who is still MIA. The other USAFA Class of 1962 MIA is 1st Lt Terrence Griffey.
This is the link to the DoD story about the ceremony:
https://www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/1967474/prisoners-of-war-missing-in-action-remembered-at-pentagon-ceremony/
This is the link to the C-Span video of the ceremony:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?464524-1/pentagon-hosts-national-powmia-recognition-day-ceremony
This is the link to the DoD story about the ceremony:
https://www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/1967474/prisoners-of-war-missing-in-action-remembered-at-pentagon-ceremony/
This is the link to the C-Span video of the ceremony:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?464524-1/pentagon-hosts-national-powmia-recognition-day-ceremony
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POSTED ON 3.3.2019
POSTED BY: kr
Maj John M. Brucher - - Update from DPAA (MIA Status)
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) website at the below link, the MIA status of Major John Martin Brucher, USAFA Class of 1962, is ACTIVE PURSUIT:
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000KYzZEAW
As of the latest DPAA update (22 February 2019) Maj Brucher is one of 1,589 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. Of the USAFA's 151 Vietnam War Fallen Heroes, he is one of 42 USAFA graduates still MIA.
https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/VietnamAccounting/2019_stats/Statistics%20as%20of%20February%2022,%202019.pdf
At the time of his loss on 18 February 1969 while flying a single-seat F-105 Thunderchief jet aircraft, Koonce was a Captain. While in MIA status, the U.S. Air Force promoted him to Major.
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000KYzZEAW
As of the latest DPAA update (22 February 2019) Maj Brucher is one of 1,589 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. Of the USAFA's 151 Vietnam War Fallen Heroes, he is one of 42 USAFA graduates still MIA.
https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/VietnamAccounting/2019_stats/Statistics%20as%20of%20February%2022,%202019.pdf
At the time of his loss on 18 February 1969 while flying a single-seat F-105 Thunderchief jet aircraft, Koonce was a Captain. While in MIA status, the U.S. Air Force promoted him to Major.
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POSTED ON 3.3.2019
POSTED BY: kr
Maj John M. Brucher - - ABMC (Honolulu Memorial)
MIA Major John Martin Brucher, USAFA Class of 1962, has his name chiseled into one of the "Courts of the Missing" at the Honolulu Memorial in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (the "Punchbowl") on the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii. See the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) website at this link:
https://www.abmc.gov/node/511802#.WOlK64WcHIU
https://www.abmc.gov/node/511802#.WOlK64WcHIU
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POSTED ON 3.3.2019
POSTED BY: kr
Maj John M. Brucher - - Info from the U.S. Air Force Academy Alumni Website
Information about MIA Major John Martin Brucher, USAFA Class of 1962, from the U.S. Air Force Academy Alumni Website is at this link:
http://memwall.usafalibrary.com/person.asp?id=23
http://memwall.usafalibrary.com/person.asp?id=23
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