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ROBERT WAYNNE RICHARDSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1943 – December 19, 1970
Service recordRobert Waynne Richardson, of Alta Loma, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 133
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Alta Loma, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 133
- KERRY WAYNE PHILLIPSSergeant · December 19, 1970
- JOHNNY RATLIFFChief Petty Officer · December 19, 1970
- ROBERT EARL WORTHPetty Officer Second Class · December 19, 1970
- FRANK WILLIS BOMARChief Petty Officer · December 20, 1970
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.