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JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1945 – July 6, 1966
Service recordJames Augusta Richardson, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 3
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- CONRAD WILLIAM SHAINAPrivate · July 6, 1966
- FREDDY LEE TORRANCEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RUSSELL BODESergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 134
- GARY ALLAEN MACHADOPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 2
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 2
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 3
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- JAMES LESTER PARKERSergeant First Class · April 3, 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.