The Wall › Panel 3E › Washington › Stephen Gould Richardson
STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSON
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
March 22, 1940 – November 30, 1965
Service recordStephen Gould Richardson, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 30, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 118
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 53 USS TICONDEROGA CVA 14
- Born
- March 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 118
- RALPH GERALD HAMLIN JRPrivate First Class · November 29, 1965
- GEORGE LEO STOLTZMANCorporal · November 29, 1965
- LESTER ERWIN BECKERPrivate First Class · November 30, 1965
- TYRONE SIDNEY PANNELLSecond Lieutenant · November 30, 1965
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- GUY DAVID JOHNSONCaptain · December 20, 1965
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.