Richard Bakke Major, United States Air Force |
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was a navigator in the ill-fated Iran hostage rescue attempt on April 25,
1980. He was killed when two of the planes used in the mission collided
in the desert in Iran.
He is buried in Section 46 of Arlington National Cemetery with two other crewmembers, Harold Lewis and Joel Mayo, as they were individually unidentifiable.
Updated: 31 August 2003 Updated: 19 August 2006 |
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