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JERRY GORDON RICHARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – September 6, 1968
Service recordJerry Gordon Richard, of Anniston, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Anniston, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 56
- THOMAS WYATT HARRISCorporal · September 6, 1968
- MARLEN LE ROY PHILLIPSCorporal · September 6, 1968
- RANDOLPH SAMPSONPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- EDWARD WILLIAM SECRESTSergeant · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL JASON BROWNCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 48
- TERRANCE RANDALL HANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 51
- JAMES CECIL HOLMESSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 52
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR HOUSECorporal · Panel 45W, Line 52
- LARRY ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 53
- RAYNER EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 54
- BARRY RUSSELL MOREEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 55
- HERSHEL EUGENE MORROWPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 55
- EDWARD WILLIAM SECRESTSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 56
- CLAIR BRADLEY ANDREW SAINTPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 57
- FLOYD LAVERNE STILLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 57
- BENJAMIN RICHARD TOONKELSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 58
- DONNIE RAYMOND WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 58
From Anniston
- EDWARD CHARLES UPNERStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSONPrivate · February 15, 1966
- ALLAN RAY CHAFFINLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- FRANK PAUL JENKINS JRLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CRAFTCorporal · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.