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DANNY PAUL RIESBERG
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1946 – July 5, 1967
Service recordDanny Paul Riesberg, of Fruitport, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Fruitport, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 14
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- ERNEST FLOYD PETTYLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- GEORGE ROBERT PFLASTERERSergeant · July 5, 1967
- CARLOS MANUEL QUIROSSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
From Fruitport
- BRUCE STEPHEN LAPORTEHospitalman · February 20, 1967
- JAMES WILLARD KOOILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE VANDONKELAARCorporal · August 30, 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.