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MICHAEL HUGH RICHARDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 10, 1950 – March 15, 1971
Service recordMichael Hugh Richards, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 51
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Bonners Ferry, Idaho (Boundary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 51
- JAMES CARLTON MULLINAX JRSergeant · March 15, 1971
- STEVEN RUSSELL PECKWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
- JERRY WAYNE PEOPLESSpecialist Four · March 15, 1971
- DAVID MASON SEXTONSergeant · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE LOUIS LANIERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 50
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.