Richard E. Dreher

Vietnam War
Unit40th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromOrrville Ohio
Date of DeathMarch 27 1972
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Dreher was a member of the 40th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Airfield, Thailand. On March 27, 1972, he was the co-pilot of a Sikorsky Sea Stallion Search and Rescue Helicopter (HH-53C) on a search and rescue mission near Siempang, Stoeng Treng Province, Cambodia, when the aircraft crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.