A LIVING MEMORIAL FOR

MAJOR RICHARD M. MILIKIN III

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

Information from the Wall

MAJ - O4 - Air Force - Reserve
35 year old Single, Caucasian, Male
Born on Jan 28, 1941
From MIAMI, FLORIDA
His tour of duty began on Aug 20, 1966
Casualty was on Feb 12, 1976
NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing
FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Religion
EPISCOPAL, ANGLICAN

Panel 10E - - Line 23

MILIKIN, RICHARD M. III
Name: Richard Mershon Milikin III
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O2
Unit: 16 TRS, 460 TRW
 

 

 
Date of Birth: 28 January 1941
Home City of Record: MIAMI FL
Date of Loss: 20 August 1966
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 174800 North 1061800 East

Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: RF4C

Through research I discovered that Richard Milikin and another Florida POW/MIA, Thomas Hanson, both attended the same Coral Gables High School and both graduated in the year 1959
 
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident: pilot apparently rescued [see note below]
Refno: 0435
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File.
REMARKS:
CACCF/CRASH/AIRCREW
QUANG BINH 5 MI SW/RON
No further information available at this time.
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From - Tue Nov 16 14:35:02 1999
From: ken molly <krm@teleport.com>
For your info, I believe that the other crew member involved in
Milikin's incident was Edwin Tiffany Hawks, aka "Tiff" Hawks. As I
understand it, the aircraft (an RF4C), took a direct hit from ground
fire during a nite photo (Dropping flares) run. The explosion from the
ground fire may have incapacitated Milikin, who was in the rear seat.
Hawks ejected and evaded the enemy until he was picked up by a rescue
helicopter that or the next day.