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JIMMIE JENKINS RICHARDSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 14, 1950 – August 27, 1968
Service recordJimmie Jenkins Richardson, of Florence, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 45
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Florence, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 46W, Line 45
- CHARLES JOHN SNYDERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE STOCKBURGERCaptain · August 27, 1968
- JAMES DONALD WAGSTAFFPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
From Florence
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 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.