Richard Andrew Alm

Vietnam War
UnitMarine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152
RankMajor U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromPuyallup Washington
Date of DeathFebruary 1 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Major Alm was a member of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Air Wing. On February 1, 1966, he was flying in a Lockheed Hercules Refueling Aircraft (KC-130F) refueling Marine aircraft in the Gulf of Tonkin near the coast of North Vietnam, when the tanker was hit by ground fire and crashed into the ocean. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.