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DOUGLAS WAYNE RICHARDS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – April 4, 1969
Service recordDouglas Wayne Richards, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 12
- DAVID HAROLD MCDONALDSergeant · April 4, 1969
- ROGERS PULLINS JRPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE QUINNSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- THOMAS HERMAN WEIGLEPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FELIX M CONDE-FALCONSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 9
- DAVID HAROLD MCDONALDSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 12
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 1967
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.