Richard Walter Herold

Vietnam War
Unit56th Special Operations Wing
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromPlattsburgh New York
Date of DeathSeptember 2 1972
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Herold was a member of the 56th Special Operations Wing, Udorn Airfield, Thailand. On September 2, 1972, he was the pilot of a Cessna Bird Dog Observation Aircraft (O-1G) was a member of the 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli Air Base, Thailand on a combat mission 5 miles east of Ban Na Mai in the Plain of Jars region, Xiangkhoang Province, Laos, when his aircraft crashed, possible from a mid-air collision. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.