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JOHNNY FRANKLIN RICHARDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1943 – September 5, 1968
Service recordJohnny Franklin Richards, of Kennard, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Kennard, Texas (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 44
- DAVID ALAN REEDPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH RENOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- ALBERT LEONARD RICKERSONSergeant · September 5, 1968
- FRED PLYMOUTH RUGHPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE HENRY STEPPPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 45
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.