California IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Hundreds at Rites for Vietnam Victim
Hundreds of tearful mourners attended a memorial service for an Air Force officer shot down over Vietnam 24 years ago and missing until his body was brought back to the United States last August. Maj. Charles Morgan was granted full military honors in a long-delayed ceremony at Mather Air Force Base after the Defense Department waited more than two decades to recover the navigator’s remains and forensic experts spent nearly nine months making a positive identification. Morgan and Maj. Roosevelt Hestle were shot down over Hanoi on July 6, 1966.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
