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MICHEAL EDWARD RICHARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1948 – July 31, 1968
Service recordMicheal Edward Richards, of Perryville, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Perryville, Arkansas (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 38
- VERNON EUGENE BELCHERSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- LLOYD WILLIAM EVANS JRSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT GARRISONPlatoon Sergeant · July 31, 1968
- CHARLES HAMNERSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
From Perryville
- HAROLD GEORGE BENNETTStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1964
- JAMES HARLEN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
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.