GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1275

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Sponsors: Representatives Smith; Alphin, Bowman, J. Brown, Church, Culp, DeVane, Dickson, Ellis, Flaherty, Gardner, Hightower, Hill, Howard, Justus, McCrary, McLawhorn, Nichols, Nye, Redwine, Richardson, Spears, Sutton, Warner, Weatherly, Wilkins, and C. Wilson.

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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

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May 6, 1993

A JOINT RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO RELEASE MIA AND POW INFORMATION.
Whereas, there are at least 2,273 American servicemen and civilians who have yet to be accounted for in southeast Asia as a result of the aftermath of the war in Vietnam and southeast Asia; and
Whereas, 56 of those unaccounted for in southeast Asia are North Carolinians whose names, hometowns, branch of service and date of capture or loss are as follows:
NAME	HOMETOWN	BRANCH	DATE OF LOSS
OF SERVICE
Robert Douglas Avery	Morganton	Marine Corps	May 3, 1968
Harry John Belknap	Jonas Ridge	Navy	June 23, 1966
Murray Lyman Borden	Goldsboro	Air Force	Oct. 13, 1966
Eric Parker Brice	Rocky Mount	Navy	June 4, 1968
Earl Carlyle Brown	Stanley	Air Force	Nov 24, 1969
Edward Dean Brown Jr.	Charlotte	Navy	July 29, 1965
Wilbur Ronald Brown	Wilmington	Air Force	Feb. 3, 1966
James Edward Butler	Buies Creek	Army	Mar 20, 1970
Franklin Harlee Canup Jr.	Concord	Navy Jan. 14, 1967
Fred Lee Clarke	Troutman	Air Force	Dec. 13, 1968
William Clifton Clay III	Henderson	Marine Apr. 12, 1967
Glen Richard Cook	Charlotte	Air Force	Oct. 21, 1969
Andrew Johnson Craven	Wilmington	Army	May 12, 1968
John Hunter Crews III	Asheville	Air Force	May 22, 1968
Fredrick Lewis Cristman	Salisbury	Army Mar. 19, 1971
Robert Lee Curlee Jr.	Monroe	Army	June 10, 1965
Donald Vance Davis	Salisbury	Navy	July 25, 1967
Edgar Felton Davis	Goldsboro	Air Force	Sept. 17, 1968
Carol Louis Doughtie	Tarboro	Navy	June 10, 1965
John G. Gardner	Hot Springs	Marine	June 3, 1967
Robin F. Gatwood Jr.	Hickory	Air Force	April 2, 1972
Paul Edwin Gore	Faison	Navy	Oct. 2, 1969
Connie Mack Gravitte	Ca-Vel	Air Force	June 17, 1966
Fredrick M. Hall	Waynesville	Air Force	April 12, 1969
Joseph N. Hargrove	Mt. Olive	Marine	May 15, 1975
Harold Lee Harris	Durham	Army	Oct. 12, 1966
Larry Gene Harrison	Williamston	Army	Feb. 26, 1971
Luther Harris Howard	Hamlet	Army	June 30, 1967
Carter A. Howell	Fayetteville	Air Force	March 7, 1972
Litchfield Patterson Huie	Warsaw	Navy Feb. 27, 1967
Larry C. Jamerson	Rosman	Army	April 21, 1968
William D. Johnson	Rocky Mount	Army	Jan. 19, 1968
Charlie Gray Lewis	Fayetteville	Army	May 17, 1967
Larry Gene Lewis	Asheville	Navy	Feb. 27, 1971
James M. Luttrell	Fayetteville	Army	May 10, 1971
John Lewis McDaniel	Gibsonville	Air Force	April 26, 1968
Thomas Eugene Meadows	Hiddenite	Air Force	Oct. 13, 1966
Charles Worth Millard	Wilson	Army	April 19, 1968
Jerry L. Moore	Cleveland	Army	Feb. 16, 1969
Edwin E. Morgan	Salisbury	Air Force	March 13, 1966
Larry K. Morrow	Lowell	Army	May 29, 1972
Dennis William Omelia	Smithfield	Army	Jan. 3, 1971
Edwin D. Palmgren	Winston-Salem	Air Force	April 22, 1968
Bunyan Durant Price	Belmont	Army	May 2, 1970
Ralph Joseph Reno	Fayetteville	Army	July 3, 1966
Donald Monroe Shue	Kannapolis	Army	Nov. 3, 1969
Robert Milton Staton Jr.	Jamesville	Army Nov. 11, 1967
William Carl Sutton	Goldsboro	Air Force	Jan. 28, 1970
Wilbert Walton	Fayetteville	Army	Jan. 3, 1970
Jimmy L. Watson	Lucama	Army	March 13, 1968
Melvin Lee Weaks	Concord	Army	Aug. 18, 1971
Phillip Rogerson Wellons	Raleigh	Air Force Aug. 17, 1970
George Henery Wilkins	Goldsboro	Navy	July 11, 1966
James R. Williams	Charlotte	Air Force	Dec. 29, 1967
Wayne V. Wilson	Thomasville	Marine	July 2, 1967
Walter Sutton Wood	Ft. Bragg	Navy	May 2, 1966
Whereas, there is a body of credible evidence suggesting that live Americans or identifiable remains of Americans remain in southeast Asia; and
Whereas, the executive branch of the United States Government and the United States Congress have declared that resolution of this issue is of the "highest national priority"; and
Whereas, the agencies of the United States Government, including the Department of Defense and the Defense Intelligence Agency, have had since the official termination of hostilities in May of 1975 to resolve these issues; and
Whereas, the Department of Defense has created and maintained an unnecessary veil of secrecy and ignorance by classifying most of the available information concerning live sightings, status reports, and other data relating to those who are still missing, the declassification of which should not compromise resources, means, methods, and identities of intelligence operatives; and
Whereas, it would appear that promulgating a classified plan referred to as a "road map for normalization of relations”between the United States, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, the United States government appears to be poised to "normalize”relations with those governments in spite of the unresolved issues concerning prisoners of war, those missing in action, and the repatriation of the remains of those Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice;
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
Section 1.  The General Assembly urges the President of the United States, by executive order, to declassify information, data, and intelligence pertaining to all matters relative to these issues, except for that data or information which would reveal the means, methods, and identities of intelligence operatives.  The General Assembly further urges that the respective branches of the armed services be assigned to resolve these issues, that any and all future remains returned from southeast Asia be placed, for purposes of identification, with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and that normalization of relations with those countries of southeast Asia be deferred until such time as the issues identified in this resolution are satisfactorily and adequately addressed.
Sec. 2.  The Secretary of State shall transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the President of the United States, to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of the North Carolina congressional delegation.
Sec. 3.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.