RICHARD  EUGENE   FLEMING

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Deceased 06/05/1942
Rate/Rank
 CAPT
Service Branch
USMCR 00/1939 - 6/1942
Speciality
MARINE CORPS AVIATOR
Born
 11/02/1917
ST. PAUL, MN
KILLED IN ACTION AT HIS DIVE AND BOMB DROP ON THE JAPANESE CRUISER IJN MIKUMA, EARNED THE MEDAL OF HONOR (POSTHUMOUSLY)
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
MARINE SCOUT BOMBING SQUADRON 241 (VMSB-241), BATTLE OF MIDWAY
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
MEDAL OF HONOR 
PURPLE HEART 
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/STAR 
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION 
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON 
MARINE EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL 
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL