Between 2010 and 2017, Underwater Recovery Teams (URT) from DPAA conducted excavations of a submerged aircraft crash site in the waters immediately off Quynh Phuong Village, Quynh Luu District, Nghe An Province, Vietnam. During the excavations, numerous pieces of aircraft wreckage, consistent with the Bauder/Mills aircraft, were found, as well as possible osseous material. The remains found were identified as Mills’ pilot, Bauder.<br /><br />In June, 2018, a DPAA Joint Recovery Team conducted another excavation, finding additional remains. <br /><br />The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on 28 August 2018 that Navy Reserve Cmdr. James B. Mills, 26, of Bakersfield, California, killed during the Vietnam War, was accounted for Aug. 20, 2018.<br /><br />To identify Mills’ remains, DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence.

Between 2010 and 2017, Underwater Recovery Teams (URT) from DPAA conducted excavations of a submerged aircraft crash site in the waters immediately off Quynh Phuong Village, Quynh Luu District, Nghe An Province, Vietnam. During the excavations, numerous pieces of aircraft wreckage, consistent with the Bauder/Mills aircraft, were found, as well as possible osseous material. The remains found were identified as Mills’ pilot, Bauder.

In June, 2018, a DPAA Joint Recovery Team conducted another excavation, finding additional remains.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on 28 August 2018 that Navy Reserve Cmdr. James B. Mills, 26, of Bakersfield, California, killed during the Vietnam War, was accounted for Aug. 20, 2018.

To identify Mills’ remains, DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence.