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ROGER PAUL RICHARDSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 10, 1934 – March 9, 1967
Service recordRoger Paul Richardson, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 48
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 48
- RONNIE RAY PITTMANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHARLES LANCASTER PUTNAMCaptain · March 9, 1967
- DANIEL CORTEZ REESEAirman First Class · March 9, 1967
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- RAYMOND ALLEN COLECorporal · February 23, 1969
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.