A U.S. Air Force pilot from Columbus, Wisconsin, who was killed during the Vietnam War, is finally accounted for.

The aircraft U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, 33, of Columbus, Wisconsin, was in went down in September 1967.

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

(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.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, 33, of Columbus, Wisconsin, killed during the Vietnam War, was accounted