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Vietnam War MIA Allen Christensan’s family.
Searching for MIA remains.
Episode 3063 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about the family of Vietnam War MIA Allen D. Christensan and their hopes for the future. The featured story is titled: Family of missing Vietnam War soldier holds hope after 53 years and it appeared in the Moody County Enterprise paper of Flandreau, South Dakota. The story was submitted by Carleen Wild, a writer for the Enterprise staff.
Wild reported that Each year, Daryl and Kay Christensen attend the government’s family update on Missing in Action (MIA) soldiers, hoping for any news about Daryl’s brother, Allen, who has been missing since his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War in 1972.
After more than five decades, updates have been few and far between.
This year, however, marked a turning point. Kay and her son, Troy, attended the recent family update, hopeful like never before that they might finally have answers about what happened to Allen — and perhaps even bring part of him home.
During the June weekend event, they toured a forensic lab at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha and learned about three potential sites where Allen’s remains might be. A private company, Stony Beach, has been contracted to help exhume these sites in 2026.
Kay expressed that if Allen’s remains are not found during their lifetimes, she hopes someone will remember him.
“It’s been 53 years, but we won’t stop looking. One way or another, we’ll keep fighting for answers,” she said.
Next year’s family update will take place in Arlington, Virginia.
Let’s hope that when Allen Christenson’s remains are found his memory will be fully honored by a grateful country here in the U.S..
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