(WLUK) -- The remains of a Wisconsin pilot who was killed during the Vietnam War have been identified. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, 33, of Columbus, was accounted for Dec. 20, 2024.

Lt. Col. Donald Downing was reported killed in action in April 1978 after going missing in Vietnam in September 1967.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that its scientists in December positively identified the remains of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing of Columbus.

After decades of investigation, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has announced that a Wisconsin pilot killed during the Vietnam War has been identified. U.S. Air Force Lt.

Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during an armed night reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September 1967 when his plane disappeared. Another plane in the formation reported a mid-air fireball and Downing’s plane didn’t respond to any further radio calls, according to the accounting agency.

A Columbus man who died while fighting in the Vietnam War was accounted for last month, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday.

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An Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who was lost in the Vietnam War has been accounted for. Donald Downing was 33 when his plane went down during an armed reconnaissance mission on September 5, 1967. An accompanying aircraft reported a large,

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The remark came in a congratulatory message by Xi to Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief To Lam and President Luong Cuong to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

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