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DONALD LOYE RICHARDSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 22, 1945 – August 11, 1966
Service recordDonald Loye Richardson, of Corsicana, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Corsicana, Texas (Navarro County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 128
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- STEPHEN LEE WEISSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1966
- THEODORE G WHITE JRSergeant · August 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANDREW CARDOTCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 126
- AUBREY CAULEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 126
- JIMMY LEON HOCKADAYCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 127
- STEPHEN LEE WEISSSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 128
- JAMES WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 129
From Corsicana
- AUTRY GREENStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- RONALD LYNN MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · January 1, 1968
- JOSEPH EWING SMITHSergeant · September 5, 1968
- RONALD MICHAEL BLUEStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1970
- SAMUEL WAYMON MCDANIEL IISpecialist Five · July 8, 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.