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EUGENE RICHARDSON
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 8, 1942 – October 24, 1964
Service recordEugene Richardson, of Rochester, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1964, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 68
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1964
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 68
- RALPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1964
- ERNEST JOSEPH HALVORSONStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
From Rochester
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDERICK KOHLRUSCHLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1966
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.