As "Amazing Grace" is played, Jack Knight, the great-grandson of Col. Roy Knight Jr., leans on his grandfather's shoulder, Roy Knight III. The memorial service for Col. Knight was held Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019 at Holder's Chapel United Methodist Church in Cool, Texas. He was shot down over Laos in 1967, and his remains were recovered and identified in February and brought home last week for burial. (Ronald W. Erdrich/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP) A

Texas service held for Vietnam War pilot, killed in 1967

COOL, Texas – U.S. flags and patriotic songs helped honour an Air Force pilot from Texas whose plane was shot down in 1967 during the Vietnam War and his remains identified earlier this year.

Col. Roy Knight Jr. was remembered Saturday during services in the town of Cool, near Weatherford, about 100 miles (161 kilometres) west of Dallas.

Knight was shot down over Laos in May 1967. His remains were flown Thursday to Dallas Love Field on a commercial jet piloted by his son, Southwest Airlines Capt. Bryan Knight.

A military portrait of Knight was displayed beside his coffin. The Abilene Reporter-News reports some mourners left coins on Knight’s headstone to show respect for the fallen pilot and his family.

The service included a number of Knight’s relatives born decades after his death.

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