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THOMAS EARL RICHEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1933 – August 25, 1968
Service recordThomas Earl Richey, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 26, 1933
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 21
- JUAN MANUEL QUINONESCorporal · August 25, 1968
- LELAND EUGENE RADLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- DANIEL DIAS REZENDECorporal · August 25, 1968
- JAMES BURNUS RICHEELance Corporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES LAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 17
- BYRON JOSEPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 17
- DANNY JOE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 17
- ARDEN GENE SONNENBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 18
- PAUL HENRY PIRKOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 20
- WILLIAM WAYNE SEAYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 22
- JERRY LEE SIMMONDSCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 22
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 24
- CLAUDE FRANKLIN VAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 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.