TANGEMAN, RICHARD G.
| Name: Richard G. Tangeman Rank/Branch: O3/United States Navy Unit: RVAH 1 Date of Birth: Home City of Record: New York NY Date of Loss: 05 May 1968 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 181800N 1053800 E Status (in 1973): Returnee Category: Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: RA5C Other Personnel in Incident: Norrington, Giles, Returnee |
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Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK April 1997 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. 2023
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| Richard Tangeman retired from the United States Navy as a Captain. He and his wife Linda reside in Virginia. |
| Memories of Vietnam Club Honors Ex-POW on Anniversary of His Release By Lan Nguyen Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 27 1997; Page V01 The Washington Post Navy Lt. Giles Norrington was making his 22nd reconnaissance flight into North Vietnamese territory when communist rebels shot off the right wing of his RA-5C Vigilante. The plane erupted into a fireball. As Norrington and his navigator, Richard Tangeman, tried to escape, Norrington thought, "It's taking a long time to die."..... |
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