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CHARLES DAVID RIFFE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 27, 1948 – July 27, 1970
Service recordCharles David Riffe, of Marianna, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Marianna, West Virginia (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 60
- HARVEY RAY NEALSergeant · July 27, 1970
- JOSEPH ROBERT NEHLCorporal · July 27, 1970
- GRADY LEE NORRISSergeant First Class · July 27, 1970
- DAVID RALPH WEIGNERCaptain · July 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM HUDSONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 59
- LEONARD WHITLEY KIDDSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 59
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.