Richard Thomas Morrissey

Vietnam War
UnitMarine Attack Fighter Squadron 115
RankCaptain U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromUniondale New York
Date of DeathAugust 19 1969
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Captain Morrissey was a member of the Marine Attack Fighter Squadron 115, Marine Air Group 13, 1st Marine Air Wing. On August 19, 1969, he was flying in a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4B) over Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, when his aircraft crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.