AIR COMMANDO 2 DeFer, Richard Henry (Dick)

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
DeFer
  • FORENAME
Richard Henry (Dick)
  • UNIT
Det 1,56 Special Operations Wing
  • RANK
Major
  • NUMBER
384280068
  • DATE OF DEATH
18th October 1971
  • AGE
40
  • GRAVESITE
cremated and ashes interred Glendale,Arizona
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Traverse City,Michigan
born 9.10.1931 Traverse City,Michigan
son of Leo H. and Frances T. Defer
husband of Isabelle (nee Morrison) DeFer (1931-61)
husband of Mary (nee Close) DeFer (married about 1963)
graduated Michigan State College
entered service 1951
flew B-52s in Korean War (awarded A.F.C.)
pilot (Raven Forward Air Controller)
O-1 aircraft
Steve Canyon Project
KIA by groundfire Plain of Jars,Laos
remains recovered
awards Silver Star,D.F.C.,Bronze Star with oak leaf clusters,Air Medal
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 02W Line 43
remembered on first wife's headstone at
Yuba Cemetery,Yuba,Grand Traverse County,Michigan
 
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