Arizona detectives have finally identified skeletal remains found near Flagstaff as Vietnam veteran Gerald Francis Long.

Human remains discovered 49 years ago near Flagstaff, Arizona, have been identified as a man who served in Vietnam and was originally from Minnesota, authorities said Wednesday.

Human remains found nearly 50 years ago in Arizona have been identified as a Vietnam veteran originally from Minnesota.

Human remains found in an Arizona desert almost 50 years ago have been identified as a Vietnam veteran originally from Minnesota.The Coconino County Sheriff's Office says that a DNA profile and a Forensic Genetic Genealogy process determined that skeletal remains found by farmers chasing a runaway pig about 40 miles east of Flagstaff on Apr.

Authorities in Northern Arizona say they have identified a man whose remains were found by farmers decades ago.

The Army veteran told family he was “heading to the West Coast” in 1972 and was never heard from again, Arizona deputies say.

Over 49 years after human remains were found in northern Arizona, authorities have identified them as a Vietnam veteran from Minnesota.