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MARSHALL, RICHARD CARLTON
Name: Richard Carlton Marshall
Rank/Branch: O3/US Air Force
Unit:
Date of Birth: 30 December 1934
Home City of Record: Chicago IL
Date of Loss: 05 September 1965
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 110655N 1065516E (YT098293)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: A1G
Other Personnel In Incident: William J. LaGrand (missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 October 1990 from one or more of
the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
REMARKS: CRASH EXPLODE - NO EJECT SEEN - J
SYNOPSIS: The Douglas A1 Skyraider ("Spad") is a highly maneuverable, propeller
driven aircraft designed as a multipurpose attack bomber or utility aircraft.
The A1 was first used by the Air Force in its Tactical Air Command to equip the
first Air Commando Group engaged in counterinsurgency operations in South
Vietnam, and later used in a variety of roles, ranging from multi-seat
electronic intelligence gathering to Navy antisubmarine warfare and rescue
missions.
Army Chief Warrant Officer William J. LaGrand was a passenger onboard an A1G
aircraft which departed Bien Hoa on September 5, 1965. The pilot of the plane
was Air Force Capt. Richard C. Marshall.
The aircraft was seen to crash and no ejections were observed from the aircraft
prior to impact. The area in which the aircraft went down was under hostile
control at the time, and recovery and excavation attempts at the time were
thwarted because of heavy enemy activity in the area and hostile presence. Both
LaGrand and Marshall were declared killed in action.
LaGrand and Marshall are among 2500 Americans still prisoner, missing, or
otherwise unaccounted for in Vietnam. Since the war ended, over 10,000 reports
have been received relating to America's missing in Southeast Asia. As reports
have mounted, many authorities have concluded that hundreds of them are still
alive, one must wonder if LaGrand and Marshall died that day or their ejection
escaped notice and they survived to be captured.
Whatever the fate of William LaGrand, and Richard Marshall, one can be certain
that they would be proud to fly one more mission to help bring those who are
alive to freedom.