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WILLARD D RICHARDSON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1946 – August 21, 1969
Service recordWillard D Richardson JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 90
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 90
- JOE CARL SHAWCaptain · August 21, 1969
- AOULIULITAU FAITUPE TAUFILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ADOLPHUS NORWOOD TYLERFirst Sergeant · August 21, 1969
- RAY MILTON BARKERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RANDY JOE LUNDYSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 87
- JOE CARL SHAWCaptain · Panel 19W, Line 90
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.