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LI man's remains found in Laos after 46 years

Vietnam Vet. William Colwell's remains were just found

Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams, Jr. | Vietnam Vet. William Colwell's remains were just found in Laos after his plane went down back in 1965. Famigliette sisters Ann and Susan Famigliette- Shilling talk about their lost uncle at their home where they receive the news of him being missing in Glen Cove, NY. (May 16, 2012)

On the morning of Christmas Eve 1965, a blue Air Force sedan pulled up to a home on Fairmont Place in Glen Cove.

Ann Famigliette, 17, stood by the front steps as two uniformed officers emerged from the car. She knew immediately the news would not be good. Her beloved uncle, Tech. Sgt. William Kevin Colwell, was missing in Vietnam.

For all the years since then, Famigliette, who still...

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