Richard E. A. Regula was born in 1920 in OH to Albert and Nettie Maude Regula. Richard had a brother, Glen, who died in 1917 and a brother, Calvin Eugene, who died in 1934.
Richard Regula attended Ohio State University for two years before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. A number of newspaper article appeared in the Coshoston Ohio Tribune about Richard Regula and his family.
According to NARA files, his home of record is listed as Tuscarawas County OH. He enlisted in the Air Corps on 18 Apr 1941 at Ft Hayes in Columbus, OH. His service number is O-725530.
In the 18 August 1942 issue of the Coshocton Tribune an article appeared with the headline said "500 Attend Baltic Memorial Service". There were numerous articles in the Coshocton about Richard Regula. His father attended a memorial service in Chattanooga, TN, Richard's final resting place. Richard was re-interred on 11 May 1948.
One article in the Coshocton Tribune of 1948 mentions that Richard's father, Albert Regula, attended a memorial service in Chattanooga, TN for his son, Richard.
A local Baltic American Legion Post # 679 is named for Richard Regula.
Richard E. A. Regula was a 2nd Lieut when he died at age 21.
Eleven servicemen perished when their plane, an LB-30, was homeward bound, after a routine patrol, and crashed on Pinzon Island on 30 Jul 1942. According to a report by the Ground Defense Office, an expedition was sent to the island on 30 and 31 October 1943 and again on 1 Nov 1934. The expeditionary party had a five point mission. Part of that mission was bury the men's remains, mark the graves, and recover personal items.
According to the US National Archives and Records Administration their place of death is recorded as ‘Galapagos'. The servicemen's remains were recovered and received at the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary in the Panama Canal Zone on 7 June 1946. They were buried in Corozol Panama on the same date, 7 June 1948. According to interment records the men's remains were brought back to the United States ‘from overseas' and they were buried on 11 May 1948 in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
Richard Regula attended Ohio State University for two years before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. A number of newspaper article appeared in the Coshoston Ohio Tribune about Richard Regula and his family.
According to NARA files, his home of record is listed as Tuscarawas County OH. He enlisted in the Air Corps on 18 Apr 1941 at Ft Hayes in Columbus, OH. His service number is O-725530.
In the 18 August 1942 issue of the Coshocton Tribune an article appeared with the headline said "500 Attend Baltic Memorial Service". There were numerous articles in the Coshocton about Richard Regula. His father attended a memorial service in Chattanooga, TN, Richard's final resting place. Richard was re-interred on 11 May 1948.
One article in the Coshocton Tribune of 1948 mentions that Richard's father, Albert Regula, attended a memorial service in Chattanooga, TN for his son, Richard.
A local Baltic American Legion Post # 679 is named for Richard Regula.
Richard E. A. Regula was a 2nd Lieut when he died at age 21.
Eleven servicemen perished when their plane, an LB-30, was homeward bound, after a routine patrol, and crashed on Pinzon Island on 30 Jul 1942. According to a report by the Ground Defense Office, an expedition was sent to the island on 30 and 31 October 1943 and again on 1 Nov 1934. The expeditionary party had a five point mission. Part of that mission was bury the men's remains, mark the graves, and recover personal items.
According to the US National Archives and Records Administration their place of death is recorded as ‘Galapagos'. The servicemen's remains were recovered and received at the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary in the Panama Canal Zone on 7 June 1946. They were buried in Corozol Panama on the same date, 7 June 1948. According to interment records the men's remains were brought back to the United States ‘from overseas' and they were buried on 11 May 1948 in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
Richard E. A. Regula was born in 1920 in OH to Albert and Nettie Maude Regula. Richard had a brother, Glen, who died in 1917 and a brother, Calvin Eugene, who died in 1934.
Richard Regula attended Ohio State University for two years before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. A number of newspaper article appeared in the Coshoston Ohio Tribune about Richard Regula and his family.
According to NARA files, his home of record is listed as Tuscarawas County OH. He enlisted in the Air Corps on 18 Apr 1941 at Ft Hayes in Columbus, OH. His service number is O-725530.
In the 18 August 1942 issue of the Coshocton Tribune an article appeared with the headline said "500 Attend Baltic Memorial Service". There were numerous articles in the Coshocton about Richard Regula. His father attended a memorial service in Chattanooga, TN, Richard's final resting place. Richard was re-interred on 11 May 1948.
One article in the Coshocton Tribune of 1948 mentions that Richard's father, Albert Regula, attended a memorial service in Chattanooga, TN for his son, Richard.
A local Baltic American Legion Post # 679 is named for Richard Regula.
Richard E. A. Regula was a 2nd Lieut when he died at age 21.
Eleven servicemen perished when their plane, an LB-30, was homeward bound, after a routine patrol, and crashed on Pinzon Island on 30 Jul 1942. According to a report by the Ground Defense Office, an expedition was sent to the island on 30 and 31 October 1943 and again on 1 Nov 1934. The expeditionary party had a five point mission. Part of that mission was bury the men's remains, mark the graves, and recover personal items.
According to the US National Archives and Records Administration their place of death is recorded as ‘Galapagos'. The servicemen's remains were recovered and received at the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary in the Panama Canal Zone on 7 June 1946. They were buried in Corozol Panama on the same date, 7 June 1948. According to interment records the men's remains were brought back to the United States ‘from overseas' and they were buried on 11 May 1948 in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
Richard Regula attended Ohio State University for two years before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. A number of newspaper article appeared in the Coshoston Ohio Tribune about Richard Regula and his family.
According to NARA files, his home of record is listed as Tuscarawas County OH. He enlisted in the Air Corps on 18 Apr 1941 at Ft Hayes in Columbus, OH. His service number is O-725530.
In the 18 August 1942 issue of the Coshocton Tribune an article appeared with the headline said "500 Attend Baltic Memorial Service". There were numerous articles in the Coshocton about Richard Regula. His father attended a memorial service in Chattanooga, TN, Richard's final resting place. Richard was re-interred on 11 May 1948.
One article in the Coshocton Tribune of 1948 mentions that Richard's father, Albert Regula, attended a memorial service in Chattanooga, TN for his son, Richard.
A local Baltic American Legion Post # 679 is named for Richard Regula.
Richard E. A. Regula was a 2nd Lieut when he died at age 21.
Eleven servicemen perished when their plane, an LB-30, was homeward bound, after a routine patrol, and crashed on Pinzon Island on 30 Jul 1942. According to a report by the Ground Defense Office, an expedition was sent to the island on 30 and 31 October 1943 and again on 1 Nov 1934. The expeditionary party had a five point mission. Part of that mission was bury the men's remains, mark the graves, and recover personal items.
According to the US National Archives and Records Administration their place of death is recorded as ‘Galapagos'. The servicemen's remains were recovered and received at the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary in the Panama Canal Zone on 7 June 1946. They were buried in Corozol Panama on the same date, 7 June 1948. According to interment records the men's remains were brought back to the United States ‘from overseas' and they were buried on 11 May 1948 in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
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