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DANIEL MARTIN RICHARDS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 21, 1949 – August 12, 1972
Service recordDaniel Martin Richards, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aerial Sensor Specialist (17L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 64
- MERRILL HOWARD MASINCaptain · August 12, 1972
- RAYMOND RICHARD REESEPetty Officer First Class · August 12, 1972
- CHARLES PRICE ROBERTSCaptain · August 12, 1972
- WILLIAM GEORGE SAARELASergeant First Class · August 12, 1972
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.