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ARMAND ERVIN RISTINEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1947 – April 25, 1970
Service recordArmand Ervin Ristinen, of Burlington, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 53
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Burlington, Iowa (Des Moines County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 53
- BILLY JOE SEBASTIANCorporal · April 25, 1970
- GUS SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
- RONALD HARRISON ALLBRIGHTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROGER POWERSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 52
From Burlington
- LONNIE DEAN HARTSOCKLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- RICKY GENE HALLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- RANDALL LAWRENCE BROCKWAYSergeant · February 23, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HERINSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.