GENERAL MISSING
fNZ Press Assn.—Copyright) SAIGON, July 9 Major - General George Casey, commander of the United States Ist Air Cavalry Division, and six other Americans are missing after the disappearance of their helicopter on Tuesday morning, the United States Military Command announced today. It added that an extensive air search had failed to locate the helicopter or its occupants. General Casey was on his way to visit wounded members of his division, bat, for security reasons, the area in which his helicopter was lost has not been disclosed. General Casey, who is 48, Is on his second tour of duty in Vietnam, and commands one of the bestknown American units there. He graduated from West Point in 1945. His wife, Elaine, and their five children, live in Massachusetts.
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Press, Issue 32345, 10 July 1970, Page 13
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