HONORED ON PANEL 12W, LINE 45 OF THE WALL
RICHARD GENE ELZINGA
WALL NAME
RICHARD G ELZINGA
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12W/45
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ASSOCIATED ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL
REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR RICHARD GENE ELZINGA
POSTED ON 5.24.2025
POSTED BY: Joan Filipiak
Soldier bracelet
To Richards Family: I have been wearing a metal bracelet every Memorial day weekend for years honoring your family member.
My nephew and his wife are both active Air Force. My Mom was a Marine and my Dad a Coast Guard man.
It is my honor to do so.
My nephew and his wife are both active Air Force. My Mom was a Marine and my Dad a Coast Guard man.
It is my honor to do so.
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POSTED ON 3.1.2025
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Burial Information
Maj. Richard Elzinga is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
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POSTED ON 7.11.2024
POSTED BY: Kathy Prislovsky
Remembering
Cleaning out my old jewelry box the other day, I came across my POW/MIA bracelet I bought when I was 13 years old after my brother left for the Vietnam War. My bracelet says Capt.Richard Elzinga 3-26-70 and I wore it everyday until my brother came back home in 1975. It was an honor to wear it and I am so happy I can put a face with a name. My brother came home from Vietnam safely, but the later effects of agent orange caught up with him, and now he is at peace, resting in the Camp Robinson Memorial Gardens in Little Rock, AR. Thank you to all of the brave men who fought for the United States of America! You will never be forgotten!
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POSTED ON 8.13.2022
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston
I'm Proud of Our Vietnam Veterans
Major Richard Gene Elzinga, Served with Detachment 1 Udorn (Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base), 56th Special Operations Wing, 7th Air Force.
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