United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Major Richard Mershon Milikin III served in the U.S. Air Force. Richard served with the 16 TRS. Richard served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Richard was 25 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1325R: Pilot
PILOT
MIAMI, FL
1976
Pay grade O04. DCAS record DCAS-VN-035196.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Richard M Milikin III
Major
U.S. Air Force
- 1976
16th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
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