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DONALD HAROLD RICHARDSON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordDonald Harold Richardson, of Redwood City, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 57
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Redwood City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 57
- JOSE GARCIA JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
- BILLIE WAYNE REEDPrivate · June 3, 1969
- ALLEN HARVEY ROBERTSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 3, 1969
- ANDREW CLAYTON ROSEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MARVIN BONINEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 23W, Line 50
From Redwood City
- RALPH FORRESTER GALVINPrivate · July 29, 1965
- DAVID GEORGE CALLISLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN NETO RODRIGUESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1966
- PHILIP JEREMIAH SMITHPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- WALTER ADOLPH WAGNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1967
- MICHAEL GAIL HARVEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1967
- ALAN MACDONALD STURDYSergeant · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JEROME KOPFERAirman First Class · February 21, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM CLAIRECorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST INGRAMCorporal · July 6, 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.