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HAROLD OWEN RICHARDSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1948 – March 15, 1970
Service recordHarold Owen Richardson, of Palmyra, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Palmyra, Virginia (Fluvanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 1
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- MICHAEL ANDREW ROMEROLance Corporal · March 15, 1970
- ROBERT DAVID WALDENCaptain · March 15, 1970
- FLOYD DEAN WEBBERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ISIDRO GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 130
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 1
From Palmyra
- LARRINGTON OWENSLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.