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RICHARD ELVIN RICHARDSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1947 – October 6, 1966
Service recordRichard Elvin Richardson, of Maryland Heights, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Maryland Heights, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 52
- ULYSSES VAN FRAZIERPrivate First Class · October 6, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL HECKPrivate First Class · October 6, 1966
- ROBERT HAROLD HOLMESPrivate · October 6, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
From Maryland Heights
- PAUL LELAND DAINSPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
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.