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Elzinga, Richard Gene
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 14237" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Elzinga </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Richard Gene </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Det 1,56 Special Operations Wing </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>563545526 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>26th March 1970 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>27 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 60 Site 9383 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Shedd,Oregon</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 13.8.1942 Oregon</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Hope College 1960-64</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 1964</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3646 Pilot Training Wing 1966-67</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>505 Tactical Control Group 1969</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21 Tactical Air Support Squadron 1969</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>56 S.O.W. 1970</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Air Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>pilot (Raven Forward Air Controller)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Steve Canyon Project</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>O-1 aircraft</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Laos</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>remains not recovered</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>promoted Major posthumously</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>declared dead 30.6.1978</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 12W Line 45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Memorial Section F</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Rock Church Cemetery,Blanket,Brown County,Texas Memorial</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>remains found and identified 28.10.2010</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>interred 8.7.2011 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-elzinga.14329/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/14/14329-fb225a9751a623c616f7e0177fb43369.jpg?1591399130" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-elzinga-grave.14330/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/14/14330-3f9b01a85c54d36e9f91dbeb0e98f05d.jpg?1591399131" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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