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DAVID JAMES RIDEOUT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1945 – January 16, 1969
Service recordDavid James Rideout, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 17
- CHRISTABOL TOBY MCCLUREPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- JERRY ARNOLD MCFALLSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- JON OWEN OSHEIMPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- STEPHEN FRANK ROBARSergeant · January 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY DIECKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 12
- RICHARD LEE DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 14
- GIUSEPPE MAGRIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 15
- STEVEN ROBERT ROWLESSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 18
- RANDALL JAMES WICKLACESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 19
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
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.