Richard Joseph Mallon

Vietnam War
Unit354th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromPortland Oregon
Date of DeathJanuary 28 1970
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Mallon was a member of the 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli Air Base, Thailand. On January 28, 1970, he was the pilot of a Thunderchief Fighter (F-105G) was sent as an escort to a reconnaissance aircraft on a mission about 20 miles northeast of Mu Gia Pass, North Vietnam, where his aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on December 15, 1988 and identified on April 18, 1989. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.