FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (WIBW)-- The Patriot Guard lined the roadway as a Topeka pilot who lost his life in the skies of World War II Burma.
Gibb was reportedly piloting a routine flight from Burma to India when the plane dissapeared almost 70 years ago.
Remains were given to a priest by a burmese national to a priest and then turned over to an American teacher in 2002.
A DNA match with Gibb's sister provided final identification for Lt. Gibb.
Bill Owensby, Department of Veterans Affairs said that Ft. Leavenworth is considered a closed cemetary, but because Gibb was listed as KIA, he could still be buried there.
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2014/04/24/topeka-ww2-pilot-finally-returns-to-kansas/
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