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Richard
T.
Schaeffer
MIA (WWII) KIA

Home:

Reading

, 

Massachusetts

Buried: 

Honolulu

, 

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial of the Pacific Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV-38)

    Action Date:

    July 18, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 352 (July 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander Richard T. Schaeffer (NSN: 0-95780), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter-Bomber Pilot embarked in U.S.S. SHANGRI-LA (CV-38), over Tokyo on 18 July 1945.