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Contact Info
Home Town Wilkes-Barre
Last Address Hope Mills, NC
Date of Passing Jan 01, 1981
Location of Interment Fort Liberty Post Cemetery (VLM) (Formerly Fort Bragg) - Fort Liberty, North Carolina
THEODORE STANLEY RICHARDS, Captain/Command Sergeant Major (Retired) died 1 January 1981 in Hope Mills, NC. Born 31 August 1922, he entered active duty in 1942 during WWII where he parachuted in Airborne Operations in Normandy, Bastogne, and Holland as a member of the 101st Airborne Division. The beginning of a military career that spanned three wars, including a commission in combat and later a return to the enlisted ranks where he served with distinction as a Command Sergeant Major during the early 1950's throughout the peak training years of Special Forces. His awards include the Bronze Star for Valor, Meritorious Service Medal, Purple Heart, Master Parachutist Badge and Combat Infantry badge, 3rd Award. Words are inadequate as a means to convey our individual feelings in the loss of Ted Richards. A hard, but fair taskmaster, his leadership was inspirational and he never gave an order that he was not willing to carry out himself. He was a Soldier of the highest order of uprightness and conviction. He will be missed.
Other Comments:
" Special Forces Soldier"
I was that which others did not want to be.
I went where others feared to go, and did what others failed to do
I asked nothing from those who gave nothing, and reluctantly
accepted the thought of eternal loneliness should I fail
I have seen the face of terror, felt the stinging cold of fear,
and enjoyed the sweet taste of a moment's love..
I have cried, pained, and hoped, but most of all,
I have lived times others would say are best forgotten.
At least someday, I will be able to say I was proud of what I was.... A Special Forces Soldier
(Author Unknown)
1952-1953, 1542, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
