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RONALD DOUGLAS RICHARDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – May 8, 1968
Service recordRonald Douglas Richardson, of Portageville, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 9
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Portageville, Missouri (New Madrid County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 9
- ALVIN LEWIS PRESTONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- JEFFERY MICHAEL QUIRKSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- DAVID B RODMANCaptain · May 8, 1968
- JAMES DEAN ROYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEE CHERRYCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 36
- BRADLEY RUSSELL CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 36
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 8
- DONALD WALTER SPERLCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 11
From Portageville
- LARRY GENE BARHAMPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JOE PAUL KLIPFELPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- LESTER RILEY JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 10, 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.