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FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSON
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
June 13, 1928 – January 6, 1967
Service recordFloyd Whitley Richardson, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 6, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 12
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Born
- June 13, 1928
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 6, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 12
- THOMAS JOHN MALLONCorporal · March 3, 1967
- RONALD LEE MIKESELLPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- MICHAEL RAYMOND PADILLASergeant · March 3, 1967
- NORMAN A RENFROPrivate · March 3, 1967
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 1969
- HOWARD MARK KOSLOSKYAirman · October 2, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.