A Vietnam veteran who went missing in 1967 after his plane crashed is having his memory honored by a Richland Township bridge, writes Jeff Werner for the Patch.  

Bucks County has officially named Bridge 356 after Quakertown native U.S. Air Force Maj. Donald Richard Kemmerer. 

On August 6, 1967, the 26-year-old Tactical Fighter Squadron member was declared missing in action after his aircraft crashed into the sea after being struck by ground fire.  

Kemmerer’s remains were never found.  

Kemmerer graduated from Quakertown High School in 1959 and Pennsylvania State University in 1963 where he attended the ROTC program.  

The bridge named after him can be found along Erie Road crossing Tohickon Creek just outside of Quakertown.  

It’s the seventh county-owned bridge named after a missing soldier from the Vietnam War as part of the county’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge Program.  

Read more about the Richland township bridge honoring the Vietnam veteran Maj. Donald Kemmerer in the Patch.  

Upper Bucks Bridge Renamed for MIA Vietnam War Airman