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Gary Clarkson Richardson
Sergeant E-5 - Specialist - 5 Army Vietnam War
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Sergeant E-5 - Specialist - 5
- Unit
- U.S. Army Security Agency;MACV, 101st Airborne Division
- Conflict / Era
- Vietnam War
- Years of Service
- 1969 – 1972
- Date of Birth
- 07/25/1951
- Hometown
- Grandview Heights, OH 43212, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Bronze Star, Presidential Unit Citation, Good Conduct, Vietnam Service Medal with 3 Bronze Stars, MKM Oval Badge with M-16 Rifle Bar, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit Citation - South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, National Defense Service Medal RVNCMW 60 Device with Palm
- Burial Location
- Union Cemetery
- Monument Paver
- No
- Overseas Service
- Vietnam - May 1970 to January 1972; radio intercept operator, Top-Secret Crypto Clearance; Phubai, Camp Eagle, Camp Evans, 14 or more firebases & night defensive positions w/101st Airborne in I corps, South Vietnam; took messages to the 101st ABN Div war room & met General Westmoreland
- Reserve Service
- 1972 – 1975
- Township (entering service)
- Grandview Heights, OH 43212
- Township (current / at death)
- Union
- Church
- Northwest Chapel/Grace Brethren/Dublin, OH 43017
- School
- Grandview Heights, OH
- Record Authenticated
- No
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: Vietnam - May 1970 to January 1972; radio intercept operator, Top-Secret Crypto Clearance; Phubai, Camp Eagle, Camp Evans, 14 or more firebases & night defensive positions w/101st Airborne in I corps, South Vietnam; took messages to the 101st ABN Div war room & met General Westmoreland. Church: Northwest Chapel/Grace Brethren/Dublin, OH 43017. School: Grandview Heights, OH.
Source: No DD-214 found in Union Co. Recorder's Office as of 12/21/2007