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FRED LEWIS RICHARDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1946 – May 3, 1966
Service recordFred Lewis Richardson, of Bristol, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Bristol, Tennessee (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 21
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- JAMES DOUGLAS STOKESSpecialist Four · May 3, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JACKSONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 19
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 20
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 20
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 22
From Bristol
- JASPER DUEL CLARDYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- CARL C SPANGLERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1966
- CHESTER STACY HUGHESPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- GEORGE WAYNE MCREYNOLDSSpecialist Five · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- GARRY LEE WORLEYCorporal · April 23, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
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.