from Gold Star Honor Roll: A Record of Indiana Men and Women Who Died in The Service of the United States and The Allied Nations in The World War 1914-1918 (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Commission, 1921)
Son of Frank E. and Nora E. Richardson; born February 8, 1900, Center Valley, Hendricks County, Ind. Moving picture machine operator. Enlisted in U.S. Navy, July 25, 1918, Muncie, Ind. Sent to Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Ill., where he died of spinal meningitis, October 5, 1918. Buried at Plainfield, Ind.