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CHARLES EDWARD RICHARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1944 – February 4, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Richards, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 27
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 27
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSergeant · February 4, 1968
- LEON REIDSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- RONALD RODERICKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- JAMES DAVID SERENAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
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.