Richard Aiken

Richard Aiken was a member of the Raccoon City S.T.A.R.S., serving as Bravo Team's communications expert. On a personal level, Richard is described as being a "positive, sweet guy", who, despite his relatively young age, is "surprisingly cool-headed and calm under pressure".

When Bravo Team was stranded in Raccoon Forest, the team was attacked and Richard, along with most of his teammates, managed to make their way to an apparently-abandoned Mansion, where, upon finding it filled with the undead, were scattered.

Richard found one of his teammates; Rebecca Chambers, sleeping in a remote bedroom in the nearby Guards' Residence. Richard comforted the youngest member, assuaging her fears and gaining her assistance in an attempt to locate Enrico Marini, their captain, in the hopes of making a plan to escape the mansion or summon help.

The two proceeded throughout several areas of the mansion and grounds, desperately seeking Marini. Eventually the two were attacked by a giant snake. While they are successful is driving the beast away, Richard takes Yawn's final attack to spare Rebecca, being bitten by the snake in the side and thrown through the air before it slithers away. While Richard survives, Rebecca desperately tries to keep him alive, but not only is Richard suffering from internal bleeding, but the fangs were poisonous.

Before he died, however, Richard gave his ammo and short-wave radio to his fellow S.T.A.R.S. members. It is eventually used to contact Alpha Teams' Pilot; Brad Vickers, who comes in a helicopter and airlifts them to safety.

A letter can be found in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles where he explains why he became a S.T.A.R.S. member and won't quit.

Other Deaths
In the Gamecube remake of the game, Aiken can die in either of three different ways. If the player takes too long looking for the Antidote, he can die of the poison. If Chris Redfield gives him the serum on time, Aiken would be eaten by a Neptune saving chris from it. If Jill Valentine saved him, then he would sacrifice himself to the Yawn to stop it from killing her.