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DONALD JUAN RICHARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1946 – September 21, 1967
Service recordDonald Juan Richards, of Medford, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Medford, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; 44 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 106
- KENNETH LEO PLUMADORELance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- MORELL JOE POPEPrivate · September 21, 1967
- TIAGO REISCorporal · September 21, 1967
- NESTOR J RIVERA-TRINIDADSpecialist Four · September 21, 1967
From Medford
- FRANCIS THOMAS CLARKINSergeant · March 9, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD CACIOPPOPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- RALPH GRAYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RYUZO SOMMAStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1969
- ANTHONY VINCENT MARTINEZPrivate First Class · August 9, 1970
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.