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HARRY TRACY RICHARDSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1943 – June 26, 1966
Service recordHarry Tracy Richardson JR, of Daingerfield, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Daingerfield, Texas (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 99
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- DOUGLAS ROYSTERLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- LEDELL WILLISPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 96
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 96
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 97
- LEWIS JAMES JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 98
- JACK DANIEL JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 98
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 98
- LEDELL WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 99
From Daingerfield
- ROBERT MICHAEL NIXSpecialist Four · February 12, 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.