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WILLIE BUREL RICHMOND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 7, 1949 – March 27, 1968
Service recordWillie Burel Richmond, of Beckley, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Beckley, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 49
- WAYNE WILLIAM PEARCESergeant First Class · March 27, 1968
- MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- FRANK SCHUSTERCorporal · March 27, 1968
From Beckley
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1966
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · May 15, 1966
- LEWIS CHARLES ROLLINSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1966
- DANNY RICHARD PARKULOSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · April 1, 1967
- CLARENCE M GUNTHER JRCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER PEMBERTONSpecialist Five · April 5, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD REDDSergeant First Class · April 27, 1969
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.