• Sept. 17, 1921 – June 21, 1943 
• Born in Dresden, Tennessee
• UT Junior College 1940-1941 
• Aviation Radioman 3c, Navy
•  Bomb Sqdr. 131 
• Lost at sea during a training flight near Key West, Florida. 
• Memorialized at Sunset Cemetery in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee

Richard Owen Maiden (Sept. 17, 1921 – June 21, 1943) was born in Dresden, Tennessee. He attended UT Martin from 1940 to 1941. He enlisted in the Navy as an Aviation Radioman and was a part of the 131st Bomb Squadron.  He was killed on June 21, 1943, when he was lost at sea during a training flight doing routine bombing practice near Key West, Florida. It wasn’t until 1944 that the wreckage was recovered off of Boca Chica Key. His name is listed on the Weakley County War Memorial at Dresden, Weakly County, Tennessee. Aviation Radioman 3c Richard Owen Maiden is memorialized at Sunset Cemetery in Dresden, Weakly County, Tennessee.

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