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LON DAVIS RICHARDS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 2, 1939 – August 23, 1968
Service recordLon Davis Richards, of Columbia, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 52
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Columbia, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 52
- ROBERT DAVID PURDIECorporal · August 23, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE REIDFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- ROLF ERNST RICKMERSMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- LEONDIS ENRIQUE RODRIQUEZSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
From Columbia
- JERRY DALE BASNETTCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH HEIBELCorporal · August 12, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE IRVINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- BILLY JOE WYATTLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- DALE RAYMOND JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HUTTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 14, 1969
- DOUGLAS GLYN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- CHUBBY DEAN LOWREYSpecialist Five · October 28, 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.