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FLOYD RICHARDSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1948 – February 2, 1971
Service recordFloyd Richardson JR, of Ecorse, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Ecorse, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 74
- FRANK STAN MCCUTCHEON IIICorporal · February 2, 1971
- JOHN CHARLES STRAUSERSergeant First Class · February 2, 1971
- PHILIPP R VOLLHARDTFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1971
From Ecorse
- JOE D JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM KINNEYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JAIME VILLALOBOSStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD TANKPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- MARTEE BRADLEY JRSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS TANKCorporal · April 19, 1969
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.