AIR COMMANDO 2 Richardson, William Lloyd,Jr (Bud)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Richardson​

• FORENAME

William Lloyd,Jr (Bud)​

• UNIT

1131 Special Activity Squadron (7th Air Force)​

• RANK

Major​

• NUMBER

22321​

• DATE OF DEATH

2nd April 1966​

• AGE

37​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 11 Site 70-A​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Cocoa,Florida​

born 7.12.1928 Hawaii​

single​

son of William Lloyd and Georgia M. Richardson​

father (1901-73) was Major General,USAF served WW2 and Korea​

14 years service​

graduated USMA,West Point 1951​

319 Flight Squadron (Korea) 1953​

Moody AFB 1954-55​

graduated Columbia University 1956 (MA)​

Staff and Faculty,USAF Academy,Colorado Springs,Colorado 1957-60​

390 Tactical Fighter Squadron 1961-64​

1131 Special Activity Squadron 1965-66​

awards D.F.C.,Air Medal with 22 oak leaf clusters​

pilot​

A-1H Skyraider​

KIA Vinh Long Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 06E Line 77​

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