The Wall › Panel 15E › Tennessee › Raymond Wilkie Richardson
RAYMOND WILKIE RICHARDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1946 – February 14, 1967
Service recordRaymond Wilkie Richardson, of Ripley, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 29
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Ripley, Tennessee (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 29
- JAMES EUGENE BERARDSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- OSCAR E RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1967
- NORMAN REX REAGANPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NAPOLEN KELLY COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 27
- JACOB H CUNNINGHAM IIISpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 28
- RAYMOND LEONARD HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 28
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 28
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 28
- OSCAR E RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 29
- NORMAN REX REAGANPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 29
From Ripley
- CARL WAYNE SCALLIONSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CHARLES CALVIN BURNSLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- JAMES AUBREY BLAKLEYLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL EARL KOONCEPrivate · September 14, 1969
- JAMES ERLEY MCGARRITY JRLance Corporal · September 17, 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.