BATES, RICHARD L.

Official pre-capture photo

May 1998

May 2017

2018

2021 Freedom Flyer's https://www.jbsa.mil/News/News/Article/2554911/560th-fts-honors-vietnam-pows-at-freedom-flyer-reunion/

Name: Ricahrd L. Bates
Rank/Branch: O2/United States Air Force
Unit: 435th TFS       
Date of Birth: 02 April 1948
Home City of Record: Plaza ND
Date of Loss: 05 October 1972
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 171200 North  1065000 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4E
Missions: 98 North Vietnam  136 Total
Other Personnel in Incident: James Latham, returnee, pilot

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK 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 Bates retired from the United States Air Force as a Major. He and
his wife Jeanette reside in Texas.

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