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ROBERT DANIEL RICHARDSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1942 – July 4, 1966
Service recordRobert Daniel Richardson, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 130
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 130
- GUILLERMO TRUJIL BONILLASPetty Officer First Class · July 4, 1966
- RAYMOND CARSON GRIFFITHSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- ELMER WAYNE SCARBOROUGHPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
From Poplar Bluff
- DALE FRANCIS HUDSONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- FAMOUS LEE LANEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD JERRY MULLERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- RONALD DAVID COBBLance Corporal · April 29, 1968
- RILEY DAVID RAULSTONLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- GARCLEE M FREDWELLSpecialist Four · August 29, 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.