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JESSIE RICHARDSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1923 – November 16, 1966
Service recordJessie Richardson, of Opelousas, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 81
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operations Chief (3537)
- Born
- April 11, 1923
- Home of record
- Opelousas, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 81
- EUGENE BRUCE RHOADESCorporal · November 16, 1966
- ROGER DALE RUOFFSpecialist Four · November 16, 1966
- HILBERT M SINGLETARY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES WILDERSCaptain · November 16, 1966
From Opelousas
- EDWARD EUGENE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- FOSTER LEE SONNIERSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
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.