United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Major Richard Ames Claflin served in the U.S. Air Force. Richard served with the 433 TFS UBON AB. Richard served in the Vietnam War. Richard was 28 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115F: Pilot, Tactical Fighter (F-4 Phantom II, various models)
PILOT
KANSAS CITY, KS
1974
Pay grade O04.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Richard Ames Claflin
Major
U.S. Air Force
- 1974
433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
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