LCDR Richard A Moran was born Jan 27, 1936 in Arkansas to Arthur Lee and Alice Burkert Moran,
and was the husband of Judith B. Lewis marrying 23 Jul 1960.
LCDR Moran died Aug 7, 1966 at age 30 in Vietnam and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Sam Hudson's comment below was posted Dec 3, 2012 on "The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - The Wall" http://www.thewall-usa.com/guest.asp?recid=36339.
"Just a by stander at your last hour
I remember how brave you were and what you did for others.
Working on the flight deck, a big group was sent to N.Vietnam on a bombing run. Four A4's were sent way inland.
LCDR Richard A Moran took a tanker up to bring the 4 A4's the rest of way home. An hour later all four
made in on deck then LCDR Moran missed the wire twice and went into the sea across from ship.
Went down very fast before help got to whirlpool. No ejection. Body was not recovered. Very Sad.
He saved 4 pilots for his own.
I did not know that it was his first day of his tour. He is a hero."
