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THEODORE RICHARDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 17, 1944 – October 2, 1965
Service recordTheodore Richardson, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 102
- JOHN LOWASPrivate · October 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- JIMMY CARLTON BETHEASergeant · May 24, 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.