Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Richard Meldo Tansing
Headstone of Richard Meldo Tansing
U.S. Army Air Forces · United States United States

Richard Meldo Tansing

1921 – 2015
1 war 1 assignment

Richard Meldo Tansing served in the U.S. Army Air Forces for 1 year and 4 months. Richard served in World War II. Richard was 94 years old.

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Headstone Front of Richard M Tansing. Arlington National Cemetery.
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Headstone Back of Richard M Tansing. Arlington National Cemetery.
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Branch

U.S. Army Air Forces · 1940 – 1941

War

World War II
Service Record
U.S. Army Air Forces became the U.S. Air Force in 1947
1940 – 1941
Conflicts
World War II
Burial Information
Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery ↗
Section 76
Grave 332
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  • 12 laid nearby · point at one to see who, click for more

Laid nearby · Section 76

2,008 others are held in this section; these are the nearest stones.

Michael James PaceGrave 331Chris Alan MattenGrave 300Carol HughesGrave 365Carl Douglas Hughes Sr.Grave 365William Wayne VinsonGrave 333Edgar PorterGrave 366Lloyd John BarnesGrave 364Danny Lee GarrettGrave 399Blaine Charles Van GoghGrave 334Frederick Alan FreeGrave 269Eldon Burr BissettGrave 330Ruby BissettGrave 330
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