That nagging doubt deep in Wandra Raynor's soul told her to keep looking.
Even after military authorities assured her that everything possible had been done to find her husband. Even after an official burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Even after they officially closed the case, forcing Raynor and her daughter, Dona Stewart, to travel to Vietnam themselves in search of an answer.
"All I ever wanted was an answer," said Raynor, her eyes misting as the weight of a half-century of searching flooded up once again.
"I just wanted to know where Don was."
Earlier this month, the retired teacher from Angier got an answer. Extensive DNA comparison identified her husband's remains from a 1965 plane crash in the hill country of Vietnam.
Staff Sgt. Don Stewart - Harnett County's first combat casualty in Vietnam, according to county officials - was ready to come home...