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CHARLES WAYNE RICHARDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 4, 1947 – January 31, 1969
Service recordCharles Wayne Richardson, of St Paul, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 28
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul, Indiana (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 28
- NORMAN RADEAN BETTISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- RONALD CHAPMANFireman · January 31, 1969
- IRVIN WILLIS PROSSER JRFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- DAVID RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · January 31, 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.