Richard Alan Fleming

Captain
20TH SPECIAL OPS SQD, 7TH AF
United States Air Force
28 September 1941 - 17 January 1969
Johnston City, IL
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7TH AF

20TH SOS 		CH-3

USAF Pilot

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Richard Alan Fleming

Remembered by his squadronmates in the
20th Special Operations Squadron
the Green Hornets.

The Mission

Six men died when a CH-3E (tail number 62-12582) of the 20th Special Operations Squadron was lost in Northern Laos:
  • MAJ Walter W. Martin, Pilot, 20TH SOS
  • CAPT Richard A. Fleming, Co-pilot, 20TH SOS
  • SSGT Albert J. Davis, Flight Engineer, 20TH SOS
  • LTC Wayne Franklin Bolton, USAF, passenger
  • TSGT George Albert Kurtyka, USAF, passenger
  • TSGT Juan Arturo Maldonado , USAF, passenger
Two crew chiefs and one passenger survived and were transferred to Clark AFB (Philippines) for hospitalization.


A memorial initiated by a former Green Hornet,
Robert W. Hall
Robert.Hall12@scott.af.mil 



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)