Richard D. Chorlins, Capt. Obituary

Richard D. Chorlins, Capt. attended University City High School in University City, MO. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Richard D. Chorlins, Capt..

Graduation Year	Class of 1963
Date of Passing	Jan 11, 1970
About	After graduation, Rick entered the United States Air Force Academy where he graduated cum laude, then Georgetown University and graduated summa cum laude with 2 majors and began his military training. He went to Vietnam Nam in 1969 and became part of a select group who who did the dangerous search and rescue missions over Laos at night. On Jan.11, 1970 he was shotdown and his his plane hit the top of a karst and exploded. He was never found and in 2014 a small piece of bone fragment was dna tested and was a perfect match to our mother. In April 2015 He was given a full military funeral and is buried at his beloved Air Force Acacemy where he was to teach after his service. There is a perpetual memorial to Rick at the history museum in forest park .