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HAROLD REED RICHARDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – February 4, 1969
Service recordHarold Reed Richardson, of Kannapolis, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Kannapolis, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 58
- ROGER DOUGLAS KNUDTSONFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1969
- JAMES DEAN OPSAHLFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1969
- ANTHONY LOUIS QUINNPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- JUAN RIVERAPrivate · February 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN MICHAEL BRITTONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 54
- LEE ERVIN BURNORSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 54
- JAMES DALE CAMPStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 54
- DAVID HOWZE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 57
- JOSEPH JOHN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 59
- WILLIAM ALLAN TENNANTSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 59
From Kannapolis
- JOHN CORNELIUS DUNLAPLance Corporal · April 9, 1967
- JIMMY RICHARD COXLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- JOHN TERRY MCINNISPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- JAMES DELANO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- RAYMOND ERVIN BAUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HAGER JRCorporal · September 22, 1969
- DONALD MONROE SHUESergeant First Class · November 3, 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.