Richard William Gammill
1989
Richard W. O. Gammill served the U.S. Air Force for 1 year. Richard served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
What Happened
Lieutenant Richard Gammill succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained nine years earlier while investigating the shooting of a citizen at 3500 Rangeline Road. He had responded with other officers to a local hotel to check on a man who had reported being shot while driving on the interstate. When the first two officers arrived the man refused to cooperate. When Lieutenant Gammill arrived the man pulled out a handgun and shot the three officers before being shot and killed by return gunfire. Lieutenant Gammill served as a sergeant at the time of the shooting.
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1960 – 1961
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Cold War
Also Served
Joplin Police Department
Lieutenant
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