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BERNARD MCKINLEY RICHARDSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 18, 1947 – March 28, 1968
Service recordBernard McKinley Richardson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 58
- LAWRENCE W OMEARASpecialist Four · March 28, 1968
- JOSEPH CONARD PARK JRSecond Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- VERNON DALE SANDVIGSergeant · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES DIMAGARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 53
- JOHN THOMAS SUMMERS IIICorporal · Panel 46E, Line 60
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.