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THOMAS JOSEPH RICHARDS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1945 – May 10, 1968
Service recordThomas Joseph Richards JR, of Staunton, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Staunton, Virginia (Staunton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 14
- JOSEPH ALBERT REICHLIN JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 10, 1968
- JOE ED RILEY JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- PEDRO ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- JAMES RAY SARGENTLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
From Staunton
- WOODROW MELVIN FITZGERALDCaptain · October 24, 1963
- DWIGHT POLLARD BOWLESMajor · November 3, 1965
- CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JRLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- JERRY HOGUE HEIZERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- CLARENCE WILLIS OBIE IIILance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- DENHAM A WHITESELL JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- VICTOR LEE ELLINGERFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1970
- FRANKLIN U BRECKENRIDGESpecialist Four · November 28, 1970
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.