Richard Harry Whitaker

  • Citadel Class 1944
  • Date of Death 30-jun-44
  • Service USAAC
  • War World War II
  • Cemetery ?
  • Rank abbr. 1LT

  • Cadet Company F (4)
  • Date of birth 1923
  • Hometown Lakewood
  • Family Joseph W. Whitaker (father), Frances Vera S. Steller Whitaker (mother), Robert William Whitaker (brother)
  • Rank First Lieutenant
  • Service Number S/N O-707467
  • Function Bombardier
  • Squadron 762nd BS
  • Group 460th BG
  • Air Force 15th AF
  • Plane Data B-24G
  • Plane serial number 42-78258
  • MACR 6809
  • Theater Europe
  • Status KIA
  • Casualty details based in Italy
  • Place of death over Lake Balaton, Hungary
  • Awards Air Medal w/ 2OLC
  • Biography 2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II ID: 0-707467 KIA Home: Cuyahoga Co, OH