Fred Lewis Richardson
Private First Class
Military Data
Unit C Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, USARV
Casualty Data
Start Tour 7 February 1966
Incident Date 3 May 1966
Casualty Date 3 May 1966
Age at Loss 20
Location Hau Nghia Province, South Vietnam
Remains Body recovered
Casualty Type Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason Ground casualty
Casualty Detail Gun or small arms fire
Vietnam Wall Panel 07E Line 021
The Johnson City Press, 5 May 1966
Pfc. Fred L. Richardson, 20, a Bristol soldier, has been killed in Viet Nam, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Delaney, were notified. Richardson, a parachutist, was assigned to the 25th Division’s 27th Infantry. He enlisted in the Army in August, 1965. He attended Slater School 12 years and graduated from Tennessee High School in 1964. He also attended Morristown College. In addition to his parents, he is also survived by his grandfather, Eugene Brown, Bristol.
Photo courtesy; Tom Reese
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 7 April 1946
- Date of death: 3 May 1966
- County: Sullivan
- Hometown: Bristol
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Glenwood Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIV, Middle Panel
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