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JAMES MICHAEL RICHARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1948 – August 22, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Richards, of Pelham, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Pelham, North Carolina (Caswell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 47W, Line 31
- JAMES HAROLD PIGOTTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- ANTHONY NEAL REVAKSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- PEDRO JUAN RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE ROSSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
From Pelham
- BILLY LEE SNIPESPrivate First Class · October 1, 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.