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DONALD WAYNE RICHARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1945 – December 25, 1967
Service recordDonald Wayne Richard, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 59
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 59
- KENNETH FRANCIS OLENZUKLance Corporal · December 25, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- FRANCIS EUGENE SANDERSPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- PETER W SCOTTSergeant · December 25, 1967
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.