An U.S. Army honor guard prepares to fold the U.S. flag that draped the casket of Col. Sheldon Burnett, a soldier from New Hampshire listed as missing in Vietnam for three decades, during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, April 13, 2005. Burnett's helicopter was shot down in 1971, but it wasn't until last fall that his remains were found and identified. (AP Photo/Len Spoden)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/050413/480/wx10404131812&e=3&ncid=705http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050413-2562.htmlOn March 7, 1971, Ard flew his OH-58A “Kiowa” helicopter from South Vietnam to transport three passengers, including Burnett, to an area on the Vietnam-Laos border. As the helicopter approached a landing zone, it was hit by enemy antiaircraft fire and crashed in Savannakhet Province, Laos. Two of the passengers survived the crash and evaded capture as enemy forces attacked. When they reached friendly lines, the two reported that Burnett and Ard were still alive but badly injured.