The Nation - News from April 10, 1985

An Army laboratory in Hawaii has positively identified the remains of six American servicemen killed during the Vietnam War whose bodies were returned by the Vietnamese last month, the Pentagon announced. Four of the six were Air Force officers shot down over North Vietnam and subsequently listed as missing in action. The others were prisoners of war who were known to have died in captivity. They were identified as: Air Force Col. Melvin J. Killian of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Air Force Maj. Cleveland S. Harris of Birmingham, Ala.; Air Force Maj. Chambliss M. Chesnutt of Little Rock, Ark.; Air Force Capt. Michael D. Chwan of Bayonne, N.J.; Army Sgt. Gerasimo Arroyo-Baez of Maunabo, Puerto Rico, and Marine Sgt. Robert C. Sherman of Danville, Ill.