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Jiles Richardson

Other Service · US Army · Corporal

Rank: Corporal
United States of America

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Memorial5 Sept 2008
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Memorial5 Aug 2013
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Memorial11 Mar 2015

Source URLs

URL
Events
Description
American
disc jockey
singer
songwriter
rock and roll
Chantilly Lace
The Day the Music Died
Don McLean
American Pie
[1]
[2]
Iowa
Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
Roger Peterson
Sabine Pass, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
football
[3]
Lamar College
KZZB
drafted
United States Army
Fort Ord
California
Fort Bliss
El Paso, Texas
corporal
Jefferson Theatre
[4]
music video
guitar
George Jones
White Lightning
Running Bear
Johnny Preston
Port Arthur, Texas
Sabine River
Indian
Harold "Pappy" Daily
Houston, Texas
Mercury
Starday Records
D label
answer record
Jayne Mansfield
Dion and the Belmonts
Waylon Jennings
Tommy Allsup
Beechcraft Bonanza
789th Air Force Radar Station
Omaha