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EUGENE RICHARDSON III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1947 – June 21, 1968
Service recordEugene Richardson III, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 15
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · June 21, 1968
- FRANCOIS ACHILLE PETERSONCorporal · June 21, 1968
- GEORGE RALPH POWELL JRSergeant · June 21, 1968
- ASTOR SCALES JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- MELVIN DARRYL RUMSEYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
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.