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ROBERT RICHARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1944 – May 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Richards, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 31
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 31
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- SAMUEL EMMERSON ROUSHSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE SANZOVERINOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- BERLIN ROBERT SHUMATESergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WADE BETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 19
- RANDELL HEATHE BURNSEDPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 20
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 21
- STEVEN FREDERICK DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 22
- ARTHUR MANOSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 27
- PEDRO MORENO ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 29
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 30
- WILLIAM EUGENE SANZOVERINOSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 31
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.