( CNN ) -- The remains of an Air Force major missing since the Vietnam War have been identified after years of searches , the Department of Defense said . Air Force Maj. Curtis Daniel Miller of Palacios , Texas , was one of 14 men whose plane was shot down on March 29 , 1972 . Miller and his crew were flying over southern Laos when a missile struck their plane , the Defense Department said Tuesday . After the shoot-down , rescue teams had to call off the search after two days because of heavy fighting near the crash site in Savannakhet province . In 1986 , U.S. and Laotian search teams found the remains of nine of the men who were on the plane . In 2005 and 2006 , search teams found more remains . DNA tests have confirmed that they belong to Miller and the other missing crew members . Miller will be buried with full military honors at the Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery on March 29 .
Maj . Curtis Daniel Miller of Palacios , Texas , was shot down on March 15 , 1975 . Miller and his crew were flying over southern Laos when a missile hit their plane . He will be buried with full military honors at the Dallas - Ft . Worth National Cemetery .