Remaining family and friends of Pvt James Green who returned home this week after 62 years away from his beloved county of Wheeler came out to pay their respects. Green was on board a military plane in 1952 carrying 52 people when it crashed in Alaska. 35 of those service members have yet to be found. His remains were found in 2012, identified and returned home just this week. Saturday, after an hour long Homecoming service held in the Spaulding Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Alamo, Ga, Pvt James Green with a caravan of vehicles following the hearse carrying his flag draped casket was driven through the winding roads and hills of Wheeler County to his finale resting place in Horne Missionary Cemetery.
The funeral for a service member that had been missing since 1952 was held in Alamo, GA on Saturday, June 21st at the Spaulding Grove Missionary Baptist Church. The closed casket ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. He was buried at Horne Missionary Cemetery. Army Private James Green Jr.'s remains arrived at the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport on Thursday. On November 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster crashed while en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska with 11 crew members and 41 passengers on board. An Alaska National Guard black hawk helicopter crew spotted the wreckage and debris during a training mission in 2012. Defense department scientists used forensic tools and circumstantial evidence to identify the service members. A total of 17 service members remains were recovered from the aircraft. All of the remains have now been returned to the families for burial with full military honors.
The funeral for a service member that had been missing since 1952 was held in Alamo, GA on Saturday, June 21st at the Spaulding Grove Missionary Baptist Church. The closed casket ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. He was buried at Horne Missionary Cemetery. Army Private James Green Jr.'s remains arrived at the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport on Thursday. On November 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster crashed while en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska with 11 crew members and 41 passengers on board. An Alaska National Guard black hawk helicopter crew spotted the wreckage and debris during a training mission in 2012. Defense department scientists used forensic tools and circumstantial evidence to identify the service members. A total of 17 service members remains were recovered from the aircraft. All of the remains have now been returned to the families for burial with full military honors.
Remaining family and friends of Pvt James Green who returned home this week after 62 years away from his beloved county of Wheeler came out to pay their respects. Green was on board a military plane in 1952 carrying 52 people when it crashed in Alaska. 35 of those service members have yet to be found. His remains were found in 2012, identified and returned home just this week. Saturday, after an hour long Homecoming service held in the Spaulding Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Alamo, Ga, Pvt James Green with a caravan of vehicles following the hearse carrying his flag draped casket was driven through the winding roads and hills of Wheeler County to his finale resting place in Horne Missionary Cemetery.
The funeral for a service member that had been missing since 1952 was held in Alamo, GA on Saturday, June 21st at the Spaulding Grove Missionary Baptist Church. The closed casket ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. He was buried at Horne Missionary Cemetery. Army Private James Green Jr.'s remains arrived at the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport on Thursday. On November 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster crashed while en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska with 11 crew members and 41 passengers on board. An Alaska National Guard black hawk helicopter crew spotted the wreckage and debris during a training mission in 2012. Defense department scientists used forensic tools and circumstantial evidence to identify the service members. A total of 17 service members remains were recovered from the aircraft. All of the remains have now been returned to the families for burial with full military honors.
The funeral for a service member that had been missing since 1952 was held in Alamo, GA on Saturday, June 21st at the Spaulding Grove Missionary Baptist Church. The closed casket ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. He was buried at Horne Missionary Cemetery. Army Private James Green Jr.'s remains arrived at the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport on Thursday. On November 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster crashed while en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska with 11 crew members and 41 passengers on board. An Alaska National Guard black hawk helicopter crew spotted the wreckage and debris during a training mission in 2012. Defense department scientists used forensic tools and circumstantial evidence to identify the service members. A total of 17 service members remains were recovered from the aircraft. All of the remains have now been returned to the families for burial with full military honors.
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