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BOBBY RIDDLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – August 18, 1969
Service recordBobby Riddle, of Selma, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 63
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Selma, Alabama (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 63
- BENNY BRUCE PARKERLance Corporal · August 18, 1969
- JOHN CARL RODGERSSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- EDWIN JOSEPH SMOLAREK JRCorporal · August 18, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD BARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 58
- VINCENT JAMES MUSCOSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 62
From Selma
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- FREDDIE LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1966
- JOSEPH E WILKINSON IIIMajor · January 9, 1967
- CARL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- TOWNSER STEELE JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- FREDERICK DOUGLAS BARGEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · October 28, 1971
- RONNIE SHARPEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1971
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.