FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – For decades, Debbie Shea, a woman living in Richmond, Virginia, held onto an old Vietnam War MIA bracelet.

She knew nothing about the man whose name was etched into the metal. It read, "Ralph Balcom."

"I just thought, is he still missing? You know what happened? I needed to know the end of the story," Shea said last year in September of 2024.

So, she decided to finish the story herself.

"So, I Googled a little bit more and found a site where you could go to the bracelet area and kind of leave a note on the bulletin board. So I just said I acquired this bracelet in 1971 and I would love to return it to the family if possible," she added at the time.

The possibility became a reality when Shea learned Ralph's son, Chris, was a volunteer with the Central Valle

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