The Wall › Panel 48E › Missouri › James Evert Richardson
JAMES EVERT RICHARDSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1946 – April 6, 1968
Service recordJames Evert Richardson, of Houston, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 33
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- October 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Missouri (Texas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 33
- ROBERT GARY PIAZZAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- DANIEL ALBERT ROCHAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- MANUEL VILLAREAL ROMEROLance Corporal · April 6, 1968
- RUDY JESSIE SALAZARLance Corporal · April 6, 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.