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ARTHUR WILLIAM RIEGEL JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1947 – November 26, 1967
Service recordArthur William Riegel JR, of Woodside, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 94
- RAYFORD NEAL SEWELLSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- LONNIE LEE SILVERLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- CHARLES BENNETT STIGALLPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DAVID LEROY TASKERPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
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.