Gone 67 years, remains of WWII Berkley airman finally at rest

Nathan Hurst / Detroit News Washington Bureau

Arlington, Va.— Sixty-seven years ago, 1st Lt. Richard Thomas Heuss of Berkley was riding in a B-24D Liberator plane off the coast of Papua New Guinea when suddenly he and 10 crewmates went off the radar, never to be heard from again.
Today, the remains of the 11 men were laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery, closing out a mystery that's haunted their families for nearly seven decades.

In the shadow of the Pentagon, just outside Washington, D.C., near the eastern edge of Section 65 at the cemetery — the nation's largest resting place for veterans — families of the 11 men gathered to remember their long-lost loved ones. They first attended a private memorial service at Fort Meyer's Post Chapel, then followed a horse-drawn carriage carrying a coffin with 10 of the men's remains; 2nd Lt. Robert A . Miller was buried in a separate casket.

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