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JOHNNIE BRYANT RICHARDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1946 – May 15, 1968
Service recordJohnnie Bryant Richardson, of Mt Vernon, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 2
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 2
- RILEY DAVID RAULSTONLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- THOMAS LEONARD SEIFERTSergeant · May 15, 1968
- GARY JOHN SHEASpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SLIFKASpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GARY OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 27
- THOMAS LEONARD SEIFERTSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 2
From Mt Vernon
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- RAYMOND COLUMBUS JACKSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · December 31, 1967
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 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.