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FRED EARL RICHARDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – March 12, 1969
Service recordFred Earl Richards, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 23
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 23
- CHARLES JAY REVISSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- LEMOND RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- FLOYD HENRY ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- FRANKLIN JAMES RUNGESpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.