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ROY LEE RICHARDSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1944 – May 9, 1970
Service recordRoy Lee Richardson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 9
- RAYMOND MURPHY MORRISCorporal · May 9, 1970
- CHARLES DEWANN SLAYTONSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- OSCAR ABREGO SOLISSergeant · May 9, 1970
- DAN ROGERS STEWARTSergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GREGORY JENSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 6
- MICHAEL MONROE USSERYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 8
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.