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THOMAS STEPHEN RICHARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1949 – November 1, 1967
Service recordThomas Stephen Richards, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 5
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 21, 1949
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 5
- LEWIS MILTON OGLESergeant · November 1, 1967
- FERDINAND JOSEPH QUATRONESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- KARL FRANCIS RYNEARSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- GEORGE BUSTER SULLENS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
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.