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RONALD RICHARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1945 – June 11, 1966
Service recordRonald Richards, of Cartersville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Cartersville, Georgia (Bartow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 39
- GORDON HARRY BLEXRUDESergeant · August 24, 1965
- JAMES W PHAIRStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROY SHARP PITTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- HARVEY JUNIOR PROFITTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 33
- DANNIE GLENN BRASWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 33
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- DAVID GRADEY BRYANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- HENRY BURCHSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 34
- THOMAS STEWART CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 35
- THOMAS W CHATBURN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 35
- WILLIE COLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 35
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 35
- GRADY LEE ELDERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 36
- CHARLES EVANS FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- LOUIS ALLEN JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- DONEL RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 37
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 37
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 37
- JOHN EDWARD MILLERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 38
- RICHARD A MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- JAMES W PHAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 39
- ROY SHARP PITTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 39
From Cartersville
- GEORGE A WILSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LORENZA CONNERCaptain · October 27, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE GENTRYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- STANLEY THOMAS BRADLEYSergeant · March 28, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PICKARDSpecialist Five · May 9, 1969
- BOBBY JOE JONESStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEHUNTSpecialist Four · June 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.