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CARL JOSEPH RIEDERER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordCarl Joseph Riederer, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 30 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 18
- THEODORE J PAWLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- HAROLD KENNETH RINGFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL RITZLERCorporal · February 23, 1969
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST WILLIAM SWONERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31W, Line 25
- RAY GENE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 31
From Manitowoc
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- TODD R JACKSONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · March 18, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
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.