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CHARLES A RIEGER III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1949 – October 23, 1967
Service recordCharles A Rieger III, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 57
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 57
- JOSEPH JOHN RHODESLieutenant · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT JOY SIMEFirst Lieutenant · October 23, 1967
- JOSEPH SOSINSKICorporal · October 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WAYNE FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 54
- JEREMIAH JOSEPH SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 55
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 58
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.