The Wall › Panel 21E › Georgia › Robert Richardson
ROBERT RICHARDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1948 – June 3, 1967
Service recordRobert Richardson, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 51
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- KARL BALTHASAR RISCHE JRCorporal · June 3, 1967
- LUTHER ROBINSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- WILLIAM D SIZEMORESergeant First Class · June 28, 1967
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.