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WILLIE LEE RICHARDSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1930 – March 1, 1968
Service recordWillie Lee Richardson, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 23
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- October 6, 1930
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 23
- FRANK DAVID PINACaptain · March 1, 1968
- ROGER LEE REEDPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- GERALD GEORGE ROSENBAUMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1968
- VERE LOYD WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1968
From Valdosta
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDASergeant Major · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- MARVIN BURNETT MULLIS JRPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.