AIR COMMANDO 2 Whitesides, Richard Lebrou

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Whitesides ​

• FORENAME

Richard Lebrou (Dick)​

• UNIT

19 Tactical Air Support Squadron (34 Tactical Group)​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

55637​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th March 1964​

• AGE

27 ​

• GRAVESITE

US Military Academy Post Cemetery,West Point,Orange County,New York​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Stockton,California​

born 14.1.1937 Manila,Philippine Islands​

husband of Mary Whitesides​

next of kin John A. Whitesides (son),C/O Judith P. Lindeman,891 Fifth Avenue,Sacramento,California​

4 years service​

graduated USMA,West Point 1955-59​

pilot training 1959-60​

Air Training Command 1960-61​

78 Operations Support Squadron 1961​

Air Rescue Service/Western Air Rescue Center 1961-62​

41 Air Rescue Squadron 1962-63​

19 TASS 1963-64​

award A.F.C.,Air Medal​

pilot (Bird Dog Forward Air Controller)​

O-1F (55-4695)​

KIA Quang Tri Province,South Vietnam​

remains not recovered​

declared dead 27.3.1965​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01E Line 48 ​

Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing (Court A)​

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Section MB Site 515 (memorial stone)​

remaind identified 21.10.2014​

buried Spring 2015​

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oberver in aircraft survived as POW for 9 years (injured)​

Thompson,Floyd James​

Captain​

US Army Special Forces​