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investigation. Miller was not found. Mrs. Glenn (Helen) Miller accepted her husband's Bronze Star Medal at a ceremony at Miller's New York business office on March 23, 1945. When Miller was officially declared dead in
December 1945, Helen received a formal letter of condolence and appreciation from Gen. H. H. Arnold. When Major General Orvil Anderson returned from Europe, he visited Helen Miller and informed her of the inquiry findings. On January 20, 1945, an Eighth Air Force Board of Inquiry in England determined that the UC-64 airplane went down over the English Channel due to a combination of human error, mechanical failure and weather. He was not the victim of foul play or friendly fire. Remains of the UC-64 and its passengers have never been found. The three officers were officially declared dead on the standard year and a day after they went missing. This was published in a 1946 Army publication showing that Glenn Miller has a Finding of Death (FOD). He was missing in action (MIA) on December 15, 1944, and his remains were not recoverable.
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