Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Gary Clarkson Richardson

BranchArmy
RankSergeant E-5 - Specialist - 5
Conflict / EraVietnam War
Years of Service1969 – 1972
Date of Birth07/25/1951
HometownGrandview Heights, OH 43212, OH
AwardsBronze 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 LocationUnion Cemetery
Monument PaverNo
SourceNo DD-214 found in Union Co. Recorder's Office as of 12/21/2007

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.

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument