In this photo provided by Ron Thornton, Larry C. Thornton poses in a cowboy hat with his three sons, Dennis, Bradley and Ron, in this photo from the early 1960s taken while the family was stationed in Moses Lake, Wash. An airplane whose crew included Larry Thornton was shot down over Laos on Christmas Eve 1965. The Department of Defense is buying the crews' remains on Monday, July 9, 2012, at Arlington National Cemetery. (AP Photo/Marlene Thornton)
