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STEPHEN RYAN RICHARDS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – July 28, 1968
Service recordStephen Ryan Richards, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 27
- JORGE MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- RONALD LEE RUSEKCorporal · July 28, 1968
- JOHN REYITO SERRANOCorporal · July 28, 1968
- ELWIN ROY SHAINMajor · July 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE RUSEKCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 27
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
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.