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ARPHALIA L RICHARDSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1949 – December 27, 1967
Service recordArphalia L Richardson JR, of Melbourne, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 78
- CARLOS FELIPE MEND LOZANOPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM MARTELLPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- SAMMY ARTHUR MARTINFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS MILLERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
From Melbourne
- GERALD H GAYLORStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1966
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- SCOTT DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- PAUL L BERRYWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · March 14, 1968
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1968
- NORMAN DALE BROWNSpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
- DAVID CURTIS GREESONWarrant Officer 1 · November 7, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.