PILSEN — A Kansas man whose fighter plane was shot down in North Vietnam in 1965 is finally laid to rest in his native state.
Family and friends gathered in Pilsen Saturday to bury Maj. Dean Klenda.
The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/2cXlYzp ) Klenda’s sister, Deanna Klenda, worked relentlessly with The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency until recovery teams from the U.S. and Vietnam found his remains in 2014.