Ricky L. Richardson Jr
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Age: 33
From: Franklin, Mo.
Assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan
Incident: Marine Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky L. Richardson Jr. died June 10 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan.
Died: June 10, 2009
EOD warrant officer dies in Afghanistan
Staff report
An Okinawa-based warrant officer died June 10 in Afghanistan, Marine officials said.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky Richardson, 33, of the 9th Engineer Support Battalion, was killed in Farah province, according to a statement released by Marine officials in Japan. The cause of death was not immediately released, but relatives told FOX TV-2 in Missouri that he died “dismantling bombs.” He was in a region of western Afghanistan where Marines have faced a fierce insurgency for more than a year.
Richardson joined the Corps in 1996, officials said. He served as a machine gunner before becoming an explosive ordnance disposal technician, eventually reaching the rank of gunnery sergeant. He was appointed as a warrant officer in 2007 and had deployed to Afghanistan as an EOD officer in February, his sixth combat tour, officials said.
Richardson was a native of...