AUGUSTA (AP) – The remains of two Maine servicemen whose planes were shot down in separate wars have been identified, and one has been honored at a formal burial service at Arlington National Cemetery.

Relatives of Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Glendon Harris of North Monmouth attended burial services last week at Arlington. Harris was shot down by Japanese fighters in October 1943 over New Guinea. For decades after World War II, the remains lay at the site until they were uncovered in 1999.

After the military identified Harris’ remains, they were returned to his family.

A nephew and two nieces represented the Harris family during a ceremony at the national cemetery in Virginia, culminating with Harris’ burial.

“It was very touching,” said Larry Roberts, 68, of Winthrop, who flew to Washington with his wife Carol to attend the ceremony. “The Army went all out for us.”

Roberts said the remains of Harris and three other men who were in the same B-25 bomber were taken by horse-drawn caisson to the national graveyard, accompanied by a 30-piece band and 30-soldier honor guard. They were honored with a 21-gun salute and a fly-over by two military jets.

Roberts was 3 years old when he last saw his uncle, during a weekend visit by Harris. Roberts said he can’t remember the visit.

The Army used DNA from Roberts’ mother, Eleanor Harris Roberts, and her brother Emory Harris, to positively identify the remains of their brother several years ago. Neither of the two lived to hear the results of the DNA match.

In a separate case, Gov. John Baldacci last week said the remains of another serviceman, Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Getchell of Portland, have been found in Laos and will be returned to the United States.

Getchell was killed in action during a bombing mission during the Vietnam War in January 1969. His remains were discovered as part of an investigation led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. The search began in 1995, but recovery was not complete until 2005.

Getchell’s widow, Teresa Getchell, her son Greg and daughter Karen will fly to Hawaii to pick up his remains and bury him at Arlington. Greg and Karen were 3 and 4, respectively, when their father disappeared.

The remains of Getchell and the plane’s pilot, Lt. Col. Norman Eaton of Weatherford, Okla., were positively identified by the military two days before Christmas.

“What a Christmas present,” Teresa Getchell told the Maine Sunday Telegram last week. “It was a sense of relief.”

The remains of about 100 of the 88,010 soldiers missing from World War II, the Cold War, Korean and Vietnam Wars are located each year by the Defense Department’s Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office.