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DON JUNE RICHARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1947 – May 21, 1966
Service recordDon June Richards, of Ringgold, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Ringgold, Georgia (Catoosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 98
- MARVIN KENNY PENLANDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAM PHELPSSergeant · May 21, 1966
- DANIEL GIBSON POSTSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- CHESTER SCHAPANICKPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALTER ELENBURGSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 95
- MARVIN KENNY PENLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 98
From Ringgold
- MICHAEL LEE DOTSONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- LARRY DEAN SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 20, 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.