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BYRON MATTHEW RICHARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1948 – March 10, 1970
Service recordByron Matthew Richard, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 106
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 106
- WILLIAM PISHNER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 10, 1970
- PAUL ALLEN RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- LESTER RILEY JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 10, 1970
- DOMINIC N SCATUORCHIO JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT ALAMED JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 102
- BILLY JOEL GREAVUSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- LEONARD KELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 104
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 105
- PAUL ALLEN RICHARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 106
- LAWRENCE HAROLD SANTINACSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 107
- THOMAS EUGENE SEVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 107
- ALEX VICTOR VARDYPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 108
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.