Richard "Dick" Smith

Richard Smith was a US ARMY Infantry Grenadier
== Early Life ==
Richard was Born in Louisiana being a Happy kid until he saw the horrors of war during WWII and the Korean war after which made his a different man leading into the Vietnam War. After his wars Richard developed ptsd and formed him into a murder after WWII. Soon after returning from the Korean war Richard couldn't adjust to normal life and re-joined the Army to solve his lust to kill.
== Vietnam War ==
Early in the Vietnam war Richard was awarded the rank CPL and never achieved much more due to his incompetence and lack of respect of others. After the Korean war Richard never had any friends and only fought to kill other people and this back fired as weeks before the war ended Richard was caught in an RPG blast and lost both of his legs.
==== Mỹ Lai massacre ====
It's rumoured that Richard committed many war crimes and took part in the Mỹ Lai massacre however the army could not provide proof of his involvment and would walk free without trial and return to combat.
== Death ==
After the Vietnam war Richard was left with nothing as his wife left him, he could no longer walk and his lack of respect left him with no friends or family that came to see him. This left Richard depressed no longer able to be in combat, feeling like he had nothing left to live for he commited suicide in his apartment in Texas through a self inflictid gunshot wound to the head with a Mossberg 500, despite this his death would not be discovered until a week later by a neighbour coming to wish his happy birthday. After not responding to the door the neighbours grew concerned following foul smells coming from the apartment until they finally contacted authorities. The police entered his house to find him dead on his couch, his head near completely destroyed from the gunshot and his shotgun on the floor next to him.
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