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WILLIAM F RICHARDSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1949 – April 21, 1970
Service recordWilliam F Richardson, of Waskom, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Waskom, Texas (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 32
- ERIC GEORGE OHMStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD POWELLMajor · April 21, 1970
- GARY ALLEN SCHOBORGSergeant · April 21, 1970
- RONALD BRUCE STILLIONSWarrant Officer 1 · April 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 31
- ERIC GEORGE OHMStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 32
- KERRY LAVERNE VANCESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 33
- DOUGLAS FREDERICK WORTMANSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 33
- HERMAN DEAL YOUNGSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 33
From Waskom
- M L WILLISSergeant · September 12, 1966
- FRANK CLIFFORD GREEN JRCommander · July 10, 1972
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.