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HARRY F RICHARDSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – January 31, 1968
Service recordHarry F Richardson JR, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 32
- RICHARD JAMES RHODESSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE RIEGELPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- CLARENCE T RISHER IIIPetty Officer Second Class · January 31, 1968
- DAMON LIGOURI RITCHIECorporal · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE EARL HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 13
- DANNY LEWIS LASUREPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 21
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.