LEVY, Richard Michael Born Oct. 21, 1947 in Milwaukee, WI, passed away on June 14, 2011, in Lutz. Raised in Detroit, MI, by parents Milton & Dorothy Levy. A graduate of Farmington High, MI. A Vietnam veteran with over 24 years of service to the Army, he received the following service medals & awards, including: Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, Army Commendation Medal Award for Valor, Master Army Aviator Badge, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Air Medal with 42 Oak Clusters, 3 Overseas Bars, ARCAM, National Defense Service Medal, & MI Broadsword Medal with 1st Gold Star. Proud member of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association, he earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from Eastern Michigan University. He was a past Master of the Masonic Lodge & member of Shriner's Egypt Temple. He retired as a Sergeant from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office after 20 years of service. While working for the Sheriff's Office he received his Master's Degree in Business from the University of Tampa. He is loved, missed and survived by his daughters, Elizabeth Levy, of New York, NY, and Penelope Levy, of El Centro, CA; his best friend of over 27 years, Betty Harris, of Lutz; her daughters, Tammy Foreback and husband Dennis, of Edmore, MI, Tina Bailey and husband Chris, of Brooksville; and grandchildren, Bob, Jack, Garrett, and Allie. There will be a short service at Bay Pines National Cemetery in St. Petersburg, on Tuesday, July 19th at 12:45 pm.