- SURNAME
Swift
- FORENAME
Richard Clair
- UNIT
23 Tactical Air Support Squadron (504 T.A.S. Group)
- RANK
Major
- NUMBER
00047246
- DATE OF DEATH
22nd November 1968
- AGE
37
- GRAVESITE
Glendale Cemetery,Des Moines,Polk County,Iowa
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Des Moines,Iowa
born 14.7.1931
husband of Barbara (nee Gilbert) Swift (married 6.9.1952) (5 children Michael,Pamela,Sandra,Teresa and Mary)
employed by Des Moines Register and Tribune newspaper 1944-49
graduated North High School,Des Moines June 1949
graduated Iowa State College,Ames September 1949 - September 1953 (AF ROTC)
entered service 1953 (navigator/pilot)
Command pilot,Strategic Air Command 1959
Apollo Space Program Eastern Test Range,Patrick AFB,Florida (instructor pilot) 1960-67
23 TASS 1967-68
awards D.F.C.,Air Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters,Air Force Commendation Medal
pilot (Nail Forward Air Controller)
O-2A 68-6859
struck tree and crashed Thailand
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 38W Line 39
DATE OF DEATH:
22-Nov-1968
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