DALLAS (AP) _ The remains of a U.S. Air Force officer shot down during the Vietnam War were buried with full military honors in his native Texas.
Maj. Curtis Daniel Miller of Palacios, 90 miles southwest of Houston, was buried Monday afternoon at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery exactly 38 years after his AC-130 gunship was shot down over Laos.
A formation of C-130s similar to the AC-130 overflew the cemetery as part of the graveside ceremony.
Miller was part of a 14-man crew flying an armed reconnaissance mission.
Days of search and rescue efforts after the crash failed to locate Miller’s remains.
In 1986, a join U.S-Laotian search team excavated the crash site and recovered human remains. The team returned in 2005-06 and found more remains, including those identified later as Miller’s.