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RICHARD LANCE HONEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1943 – November 6, 1969
Service recordRichard Lance Honey, of Houston, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 6, 1969, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 38
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 38
- JAMES LESLIE DOWNINGSpecialist Five · November 6, 1969
- DAVID JOHN GAMBLECorporal · November 6, 1969
- HERMAN DANNY GIBSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1969
- DONALD GENE HEDGECOCKSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.