Md. native's status on memorial to change
Operators of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington say they are updating the monument to reflect the changed status of a Middletown native. The Pentagon identified the remains of Air Force Senior Master Sgt. James Caniford last year. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is changing a symbol beside his name from a cross to a diamond to show he is dead instead of missing. Caniford is among five veterans to get such an update this year. Caniford's father, James Caniford, told The Frederick News-Post that he and his wife plan to travel from their Fort Myers, Fla., home to Washington this Memorial Day, when a ceremony will be held at the wall. The Department of Defense says Caniford was one of 14 crew members aboard a gunship that went down in Laos in March 1972.
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