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Air Force Colonel Who Died In Vietnam Laid To Rest

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - A special memorial service was held over the weekend at the at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

Forty five years after his plane when down in Vietnam, an airman from Canon City is finally home.

Col. Leo Boston was laid to rest Saturday.

Thanks to modern science, his remains were positively identified and brought home to Colorado.

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