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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 14366" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Swift </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Richard Clair</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23 Tactical Air Support Squadron (504 T.A.S. Group)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">00047246</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>22nd November 1968 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>37 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Glendale Cemetery,Des Moines,Polk County,Iowa</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Des Moines,Iowa</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 14.7.1931</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Barbara (nee Gilbert) Swift (married 6.9.1952) (5 children Michael,Pamela,Sandra,Teresa and Mary)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed by Des Moines Register and Tribune newspaper 1944-49</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated North High School,Des Moines June 1949</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Iowa State College,Ames September 1949 - September 1953 (AF ROTC)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 1953 (navigator/pilot)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Command pilot,Strategic Air Command 1959</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Apollo Space Program Eastern Test Range,Patrick AFB,Florida (instructor pilot) 1960-67</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23 TASS 1967-68</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards D.F.C.,Air Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters,Air Force Commendation Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>pilot (Nail Forward Air Controller)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>O-2A 68-6859</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>struck tree and crashed Thailand </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 38W Line 39 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-swift.21778/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/21/21778-52bf9295e40acafa39c616904d4243a9.jpg?1591401124" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-swift.21780/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/21/21780-4cc9afc075daf1a788886cf3485921dd.jpg?1591401125" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-swift.21781/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/21/21781-5dc502ec9787e01436ebc93afa1c75bb.jpg?1591401125" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-swift.21782/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/21/21782-30e4778a55816e18a6b589e65ba502de.jpg?1591401125" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-swift-grave.21779/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/21/21779-6ad4b6dfe468180750c7c91bd4e404f0.jpg?1591401124" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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