Mullineaux Richard H.

Monuments

The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan

Name:

Richard H. Mullineaux

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

Unit:

23rd Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-07-23

State:

New York

Cemetery:

National Memorial Cem. of the Pacific, Hawaii

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

334

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Comments:

Richard H. Mullineaux was born on September 29, 1921. He became a fighter pilot with the US Army Air Force and served with the 75th Fighter Squadron, which was better known as the famous "Flying Tigers", a squadron formed to fly from airfields in China. On July 23, 1944, Lt. Mullineaux was flying on a mission in a P40 across China. He was observed by a fellow squadron member to make a "low level attack and then crash into the ground". Richard is now buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

1Lt Mullineaux was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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