Richard Ames Claflin

Vietnam War
Unit433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromKansas City Kansas
Date of DeathJuly 27 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Major Claflin was a member of the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron. On July 26, 1967, he was the weapons systems officer of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4C) on a mission over North Vietnam when his aircraft crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.