U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ronald W. Forrester, 25, of Odessa, Texas, was piloting an A-6A Intruder when his plane vanished over Vietnam in 1972.
The remains of a Vietnam War pilot were identified a half century after his plane vanished, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Wednesday in a statement.U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ronald W. Forrester, 25, of Odessa, Texas, was piloting an A-6A Intruder along with his co-pilot during a nighttime combat mission in the winter of 1972 when the plane suddenly vanished over the northern part of Vietnam .
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram identified the co-pilot as Capt. Ralph Jim Chipman. His remains were identified and he was laid to rest in Utah on Nov. 11, 2023, the city of American Fork said in a news statement.About six years after the plane vanished, in September 1978, Forrester was declared killed in action. Chipman left behind his wife, Susan, a four-year-old son, Scot, and an 18-month-old son, Matthew.
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