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CHARLES H RICHARDS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1946 – July 16, 1967
Service recordCharles H Richards JR, of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 81
- WAYNE FRANCIS REEDPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- REYNALDO SANDOVAL TORRESPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- WESLEY EARL BELLAMYSpecialist Four · July 17, 1967
- JESSE LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
From Canonsburg
- ALBERT BRILLO JRSergeant · November 1, 1967
- ALFRED C SPRINGFIELD JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN MCPHERSONLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- JOSEPH RUBEN KARPYSpecialist Four · May 4, 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.