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RICHARD LEE AYERS
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 18, 1933 – April 16, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Ayers, of Waterloo, Iowa, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 16, 1970, in South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1323F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 12 TRS TAN SON NHUT AB
- Born
- February 18, 1933
- Home of record
- Waterloo, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 16, 1970
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 11W, Line 12
- PERRY LEE WOOSLEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- BOBBY ARTHUR YOUNGSergeant · April 15, 1970
- ROY LOUIS BERGERONLance Corporal · April 16, 1970
- JOSHUA COLEMANSpecialist Five · April 16, 1970
From Waterloo
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
- DAVID IRA MUSCHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAVID HENRY PAULSENPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- RUSSELL LOUIS HALLEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JEFFERY THOMAS DINESPrivate · January 13, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GREENSergeant · March 30, 1967
- RONALD MARVIN STEINCorporal · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- MERLE KEITH FAGERLIND JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.