United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Major Richard Duane Appelhans served in the U.S. Air Force. Richard served with the 12 TRS TAN SON NHUT AB. Richard served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Richard was 29 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1325F: Pilot
PILOT
DODSON, MT
1978
Pay grade O04. DCAS record DCAS-VN-001293.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Richard Duane Appelhans
Major
U.S. Air Force
- 1978
12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
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