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GARY WAYNE RICHARDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 17, 1949 – October 30, 1970
Service recordGary Wayne Richardson, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 30
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
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 30
- FRANCISCO M ASANOMASergeant · October 30, 1970
- MOSES PLACERESSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- LESTER STANLEY VESSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD WINTERSPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL MUSICHSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 29
- CARL EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 29
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.