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GARY LYLE RICHARDSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 19, 1946 – June 13, 1968
Service recordGary Lyle Richardson, of Red Bluff, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Red Bluff, California (Tehama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 12
- ALAN RICHARD LYMANCorporal · June 13, 1968
- KENNETH OSCAR PALMERSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON PHILLIPSFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1968
- RONALD DEAN POOLELance Corporal · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 8
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 9
- RICHARD THOMAS HUGGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 10
- RAUL RAMOS-JIMENEZSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 11
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- GARY LEON VANTOLCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- FORREST EDWARD WARDCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- RONALD ALTON WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 15
From Red Bluff
- WENDELL OLIVER CHATFIELDPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL REX SMITHPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- GLEN DEAN BELNAPLieutenant Colonel · December 20, 1967
- LOREN DAUNE MARTINSENSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
- DONALD LEORY DUNNSergeant · August 14, 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.