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PHILIP OWEN RICHARDSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1944 – August 12, 1969
Service recordPhilip Owen Richardson, of Austin, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Austin, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 21
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- RONALD JOHN RAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES ROY RICEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- GERADO PEDRO RIOSPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
From Austin
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- JEAN ARTHUR KEARBYLieutenant Colonel · June 23, 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.