Sergeant
United States Army
A BTRY, 3RD BN, 197TH ARTILLERY,
23RD ARTY GROUP, II FIELD FORCE
Component: National Guard
Awards include Bronze Star Medal,
Purple Heart
Age 24
Home of record: Manchester, NH
Casualty type: Hostile, died
Multiple fragmentation wounds
Ground casualty
Body recovered
Honored on Panel 19W, Line 122 of
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
SGT Robichaud was a New Hampshire National Guardsman called up to serve in South Vietnam. Only a few days before they were to return home, he and four others were killed when their 5-ton truck hit a land mine on Highway 13, known as "Thunder Road", about 32 miles from Saigon. Some 2,000 mourners attended their joint funeral in Manchester. City officials called it the "saddest place, the saddest day in the city's history."
SFC Richard Paul Raymond
SSG Richard Eugene Genest
SGT Guy Andre Blanchette
SGT Gaetan Jean Guy Beaudoin
*Sincere thanks to Pat Van Den Berghe for the photos and generous sponsorship of this page.
Sergeant
United States Army
A BTRY, 3RD BN, 197TH ARTILLERY,
23RD ARTY GROUP, II FIELD FORCE
Component: National Guard
Awards include Bronze Star Medal,
Purple Heart
Age 24
Home of record: Manchester, NH
Casualty type: Hostile, died
Multiple fragmentation wounds
Ground casualty
Body recovered
Honored on Panel 19W, Line 122 of
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
SGT Robichaud was a New Hampshire National Guardsman called up to serve in South Vietnam. Only a few days before they were to return home, he and four others were killed when their 5-ton truck hit a land mine on Highway 13, known as "Thunder Road", about 32 miles from Saigon. Some 2,000 mourners attended their joint funeral in Manchester. City officials called it the "saddest place, the saddest day in the city's history."
SFC Richard Paul Raymond
SSG Richard Eugene Genest
SGT Guy Andre Blanchette
SGT Gaetan Jean Guy Beaudoin
*Sincere thanks to Pat Van Den Berghe for the photos and generous sponsorship of this page.
