Major Richard Andrew Alm
Unit: Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152
Serial Number: 60899
Date of Birth: 7-Sep-31
Date of Death: 1-Feb-66
City: Puyallup
State: WA
Major Alm was a member of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Air Wing. On February 1, 1966, he was flying in a Lockeed Hercules Refueling Aircraft (KC-130F) refueling Marine aircraft in the Gulf of Tonkin near the coast of North Vietnam, when the tanker was hit by ground fire and crashed into the ocean. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Unit: Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152
Serial Number: 60899
Date of Birth: 7-Sep-31
Date of Death: 1-Feb-66
City: Puyallup
State: WA
Major Alm was a member of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Air Wing. On February 1, 1966, he was flying in a Lockeed Hercules Refueling Aircraft (KC-130F) refueling Marine aircraft in the Gulf of Tonkin near the coast of North Vietnam, when the tanker was hit by ground fire and crashed into the ocean. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Major Richard Andrew Alm
Unit: Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152
Serial Number: 60899
Date of Birth: 7-Sep-31
Date of Death: 1-Feb-66
City: Puyallup
State: WA
Major Alm was a member of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Air Wing. On February 1, 1966, he was flying in a Lockeed Hercules Refueling Aircraft (KC-130F) refueling Marine aircraft in the Gulf of Tonkin near the coast of North Vietnam, when the tanker was hit by ground fire and crashed into the ocean. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Unit: Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152
Serial Number: 60899
Date of Birth: 7-Sep-31
Date of Death: 1-Feb-66
City: Puyallup
State: WA
Major Alm was a member of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Air Wing. On February 1, 1966, he was flying in a Lockeed Hercules Refueling Aircraft (KC-130F) refueling Marine aircraft in the Gulf of Tonkin near the coast of North Vietnam, when the tanker was hit by ground fire and crashed into the ocean. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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Major (MAJ)
US Marine Corps
Vietnam
Killed in Action / Missing in Action
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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1940 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
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Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
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