Wisconsin pilot killed in Vietnam War accounted for

Columbus pilot Donald Downing, killed during Vietnam War, found and returned to family after 57 years
Lt. Col. Donald Downing was reported killed in action in April 1978 after going missing in Vietnam in September 1967.
Columbus man killed in Vietnam War has been accounted for
A Columbus man who was killed during the Vietnam War has now been accounted for, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).
Columbus pilot killed during Vietnam War accounted for
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.
Columbus native MIA in Vietnam has been accounted for
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
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Downing’s name is recorded on the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the American Battle Monuments Commission’s Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu,
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing of Columbus was lost over Vietnam during an armed night reconnaissance mission.
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