The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
D. E. Richardson
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
August 8, 1952
Lieutenant Junior Grade Richardson was a crew member of a PBM-5S Mariner patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 892, based at Naval Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. On August 8, 1952, the plane crashed into a mountain in Japan from unknown causes, killing 14 crewmen.