The Wall › Panel 11W › Tennessee › Darek Nicholau Richardson
DAREK NICHOLAU RICHARDSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 7, 1946 – April 20, 1970
Service recordDarek Nicholau Richardson, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · 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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 28
- JAMES EDWARD LOCKETTStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1970
- KENT WILLIAM LONGMIRESergeant · April 20, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK MAHANCaptain · April 20, 1970
- STEVEN PATRICK STEELESpecialist Five · April 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD DAN GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 27
- MARLIN JAMES JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 27
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 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.