The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Richard E. Ives
Rank
Airman Third Class, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
June 18, 1953
Airman Third Class Ives was a member of the 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On June 18, 1953, he was a passenger on a C-124A Globemaster transport traveling from Tachikawa Air Base, Japan to Korea. He was killed when the aircraft crashed about three miles from Tachikawa.