Members of the Offutt Air Force Base Honor Guard walk in sync as they carry the casket of Lt. Col. Dennis Lee Eilers, at the Tipton Masonic Cemetery, on Saturday, June 29, 2012. Eilers enlisted in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War, after attending Coe College's ROTC program. Eilers final flight was on December 24, 1965, when his plane was shot down. in 1977, Eilers status changed from MIA, to KIA. Now, 47 years after his plane went down the United States Air Force has been able to positively identify those found at the crash site. (Nikole Hanna/The Gazette-KCRG)
