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MICHAEL WAYNE RICHARDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1948 – June 18, 1969
Service recordMichael Wayne Richardson, of Lafayette, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 82
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 82
- PAUL ALLEN REZENDESPetty Officer Third Class · June 18, 1969
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- JOSEPH FREDERICK SMITH JRSpecialist Five · June 18, 1969
- EDWIN FRANCIS TURK JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 74
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 77
- JAMES JOSEPH LANE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 78
- DIETER ERIC WILLERTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 83
From Lafayette
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- ROY JAMES RICHARDPrivate · May 29, 1966
- CARROLL JAMES HEBERTPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- PATRICK RONALD MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- KENNETH JOHN STUTESLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- ARTHUR J DELA HOUSSAYE JRCaptain · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEYMajor · March 17, 1968
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · June 24, 1968
- HUBERT SINEGAL JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.