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Richard A. May Obituary

Richard A. May attended Chartiers Valley High School in Bridgeville, PA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Richard A. May.

Graduation Year Class of 1969
Date of Passing Nov 27, 1970
About Richard was en route to Vietnam. The transport plane stopped in Alaska to refuel and upon takeoff it crashed and burned. Forty-six military members died. Rich was buried with 6 of those members who died, in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Missouri. He was only 20 years old. His cousin, Brian Bain, age 19 died in Vietnam just 2 months before. Rich was the son of Dorothy Bright and the late John May and he had 4 half-sisters. (All of them are deceased now.)
Richard A. May