Gulf War’s first casualty, Navy pilot’s remains found buried in Iraq’s Anwar desert

WASHINGTON — 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.

Gulf War mystery ends as US identifies remains of Navy pilot missing since 1991 crash in Iraq

WASHINGTON — Navy pilot Michael “Scott” Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991, and it was there he apparently was buried by Bedouins, the sand hiding him from the world’s mightiest military.

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