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ARTHUR GENE RICHARDSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 11, 1939 – October 8, 1963
Service recordArthur Gene Richardson, of Rochelle, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- January 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Rochelle, Illinois (Ogle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1963
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1963; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 30
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISCaptain · October 8, 1963
- LARRY DUANE JAMESONSergeant · October 8, 1963
- CLAUDE RICEHospitalman · October 8, 1963
From Rochelle
- ARNOLD EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- ROGER LEE BATTPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- NORMAN GENE CATESPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JOHN MACARTHUR PAGESecond Lieutenant · January 20, 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.