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JAMES PAUL RICHARDS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – February 26, 1970
Service recordJames Paul Richards, of Rogersville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 59
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Rogersville, Tennessee (Hawkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 59
- DONALD F HARTZELL JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- GENE BERTAN NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · February 26, 1970
- DAVID STIRLING REIDSergeant · February 26, 1970
- TIMOTHY ROY ROESpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- GERALD MARTIN STAATSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DAVIS KRISTJANSONSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 58
From Rogersville
- GALE VERNON CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 11, 1966
- ROY MAURICE BROOKSStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- DAVID PAUL SPEARSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- THOMAS D BERNARDPrivate First Class · June 16, 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.