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WILLIAM L RICHARDSON JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 7, 1928 – April 2, 1966
Service recordWilliam L Richardson JR, of Cocoa, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 2, 1966, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 7, 1928
- Home of record
- Cocoa, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 77
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- LARRY EMMETT ROSEPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
From Cocoa
- JAMES HENRY BRODTCaptain · May 29, 1963
- AUBREY SHAWN BROWNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- GERALD K TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- WALTER LAWRENCE MATEJECKPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- BRENT JOHN TOSHSergeant · February 15, 1968
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE MACKEYCorporal · September 7, 1968
- PERRY SHELTON WHISENANTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- MALCOLM ROSCOE TRUE JRPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
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.