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Mark Stephensen, Idaho state coordinator for the League of POW/MIA Families, speaks about his father during the league's annual meeting. Then Major Mark Lane Stephensen's RF-4C Phantom II aircraft crashed into a hillside while evading SAM missiles over North Vietnam in 1967. Twenty-one years later the remains of 27 Americans killed in Southeast Asia, including COL Stephensen's, were repatriated by the government of Vietnam

Lance Stephensen speaks about his father during the annual meeting of the League of POW/MIA Families. Then Major Mark Lane Stephensen's RF-4C Phantom II aircraft crashed into a hillside while evading SAM missiles over North Vietnam in 1967. Twenty-one years later the remains of 27 Americans killed in Southeast Asia, including COL Stephensen's, were repatriated by the government of Vietnam

A photograph and other memorabilia of Mark Lane Stephensen, whose RF-4C Phantom II aircraft crashed into a hillside while evading SAM missiles over North Vietnam in 1967. Twenty-one years later the remains of 27 Americans killed in Southeast Asia, including COL Stephensen's, were repatriated by the government of Vietnam

An honor guard from Hill Air Force Base carries the casket at the funeral of COL Mark Lane Stephensen, whose RF-4C Phantom II aircraft crashed into a hillside while evading SAM missiles over North Vietnam in 1967. Twenty-one years later, the remains of 27 Americans killed in Southeast Asia, including COL Stephensen's, were repatriated by the government of Vietnam

Vickie Stephensen speaks about her husband during the annual meeting of the League of POW/MIA families. Then-Major Mark Lane Stephensen's RF-4C Phantom II aircraft crashed into a hillside while evading SAM missiles over North Vietnam in 1967. Twenty-one years later the remains of 27 Americans killed in Southeast Asia, including COL Stephensen's, were repatriated by the government of Vietnam

Gary Sigler speaks at the funeral of COL Mark Lane Stephensen, whose RF-4C Phantom II aircraft crashed into a hillside while evading SAM missiles over North Vietnam in 1967. Sigler, who ejected from the back seat of the Phantom, was captured and held prisoner for seven years. In 1988 the remains of Stephensen and 26 other Americans killed in Southeast Asia were repatriated by the government of Vietnam

Gary Sigler embrace Vickie Stephensen at her husband's funeral. Sigler was in the back seat of then-Major Stephensen's RF-4C Phantom II aircraft when it flew into a hillside while evading SAM missiles over North Vietnam in 1967. Sigler ejected in time; he was captured and held prisoner for seven years. COL Stephensen's remains were repatriated in 1988

Granddaughter on her lap, Vickie Stephensen is presented with the flag from the casket at her husband's funeral. Then Major Mark Lane Stephensen's RF-4C Phantom II aircraft crashed into a hillside while evading SAM missiles over North Vietnam in 1967; his remains were repatriated 21 years later. At Mrs. Stephensen's right is Gary Sigler, who ejected from the back seat of the Phantom, but was captured and held prisoner for seven years

MAJ. Mark Hefferly, a pilot from the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, signs autographs for his son's fourth-grade class during welcome-home festivities for him and the aircrews of four RF-4C Phantom II aircraft. The aircraft were deployed January 10 in support of Operation Desert Storm.

Mark Stephensen, Idaho state coordinator for the League of POW/MIA Families, takes a rubbing of his father's name from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Then-Major Mark Lane Stephensen's RF-4C Phantom II aircraft crashed into a hillside while evading SAM missiles over North Vietnam in 1967; his remains were repatriated 21 years later

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29/07/1988
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial ,  38.89095, -77.04692
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