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CHARLES A RICHARDSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 7, 1950 – June 5, 1970
Service recordCharles A Richardson, of Atwater, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 16
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Atwater, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 16
- JAMES PETER HASSETTStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT JOHN PODNARSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- EVERETT DUEL RATLIFFSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- RALPH S ROUSSELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK BRYANCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 12
- VERNON FLETCHER HOVEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 14
- RANDY LEE MASTSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 15
- RONALD ALEX STALEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 17
- ARCHIE EDWARD TRIMMPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 17
From Atwater
- RICHARD THOMAS HAVELSergeant · November 17, 1968
- STEVEN THOMAS GRIGGSPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
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.