Richard Duane Appelhans

Vietnam War
Unit12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromDodson Montana
Date of DeathOctober 16 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Colonel Appelhans was a member of the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. On October 16, 1967, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Phantom II Reconnaissance Fighter (RF-4C) on a reconnaissance flight over Saravane Province, Laos. Radio contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.