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JAMES RICHARDSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – June 23, 1968
Service recordJames Richardson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 23
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 23
- MONTY DOUGLAS PRUSHPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- EDDIE RIGGINSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- ERNEST SANAZARO JRStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1968
- GEORGE DON SCHILLINGSergeant · June 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ALLEN JRCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 20
- ERNEST VON SHOMPANYCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 24
- GARY WILKINSONCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 25
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.