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BILLY G RIGGINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1928 – January 10, 1968
Service recordBilly G Riggins, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 25
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 7, 1928
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 25
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BRIDGEFORDPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- FRANKLIN HARRISON RAUBCorporal · January 10, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- STEVEN WARREN SCHMIDTSergeant · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN WARREN SCHMIDTSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 25
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.