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Pilot's Remains Found in Iraq Desert

Obama Pays Tribute to Speicher for 'Selfless Service'

By PAULINE JELINEK
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WASHINGTON (Aug. 3) - Navy pilot Michael "Scott" Speicher was called the first casualty of the 1991 Gulf War. But his true status was a mystery, and the Pentagon didn't know whether he was dead or missing.
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The remains of Captain Michael Scott Speicher, the first American lost in the Persian Gulf War, have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, after struggling for nearly two decades with the question of whether he was dead or alive.