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DONALD LAWRENCE RICHARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1944 – November 15, 1967
Service recordDonald Lawrence Richards, of Athol, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 102
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Athol, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 102
- WILLIAM DONN PETERSENPlatoon Sergeant · November 15, 1967
- JOHNNY ALLEN SIGURDSONSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1967
- OTIS THOMAS SMITHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- WALTER A TASHNERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CHARLES DAVESSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 99
From Athol
- FRANCIS RAYMOND FERRON JRAirman · March 10, 1967
- T CHRISTOPHER FORD OBRIENLance Corporal · July 9, 1967
- ROBERT ROGER GRAYSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE LECLAIRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH GAUVINPrivate · August 11, 1971
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.