After 57 years, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, missing in Vietnam, has been identified.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, missing since a 1967 Vietnam War mission, has been identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Downing's aircraft went down over Vietnam on September 5, 1967. In 2024, a recovery team found wreckage and possible remains that confirmed his identity through DNA testing. A funeral is planned for Arlington National Cemetery, and a rosette will mark his name on memorials.

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