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CHARLES HENRY RICHARDSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 5, 1944 – October 8, 1968
Service recordCharles Henry Richardson, of Bergenfield, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 31
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Bergenfield, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 31
- DANIEL JAMES COONONCaptain · October 8, 1968
- R T PERRYCorporal · October 8, 1968
- WILLIE CAPAHAS PRICEPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- LUCAS HERRERA RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
From Bergenfield
- FRANCIS CAMPEAUPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- WAYNE LEONARD GOLONCorporal · February 5, 1968
- ROSS APPLEGATESpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
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.