Pilot missing in action from the Vietnam War is identified Published Oct. 8, 2008 WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced Oct. 8 that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Capt. Lorenza Conner, U.S. Air Force, from Cartersville, Ga. He will be buried Oct. 25 in Cartersville. On Oct. 27, 1967, Captain Conner and his co-pilot flew an F-4D Phantom II fighter jet in a flight of four on a combat air patrol mission over North Vietnam where the plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Tuyen Quang Province, North Vietnam. The co-pilot ejected safely, was captured and later released by Vietnamese forces, but Captain Conner could not eject from the aircraft before it crashed. In 1992, Vietnamese citizens told U.S. officials that they had information concerning the remains of missing U.S. servicemen and they turned over Captain Conner's identification tag. Between 1992 and 2003, several joint U.S./Socialist Republic of Vietnam teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, investigated this incident, interviewed witnesses and surveyed the crash site. At the crash site, teams found aircrew-related equipment and aircraft wreckage consistent with an F-4 Phantom II. In 2007, another joint team excavated the site and recovered human remains. Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC also used dental comparisons in the identification of Captain Conner's remains. Comment on this story (comments may be published on Air Force Link) View the comments/letters page