I am floored on this. Back during the first Gulf War, this was a very big deal, and it was always a bitter pill to swallow. I am glad the family knows now, and they can finally say he is found. Rest in peace. –Matt
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Remains of Captain Michael “Scott” Speicher found, missing 18 years in Iraq
By PAULINE JELINEKThe Associated PressSunday, August 2, 2009 9:27 AM
WASHINGTON — The remains of the first American lost in the Persian Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, after struggling for nearly two decades with the question of whether he was dead or alive.
The Pentagon said the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology on Saturday had positively identified the remains of Navy Capt. Michael “Scott” Speicher, whose disappearance has bedeviled investigators since his fighter jet was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the 1991 war.