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DAVID WALTER RIEMER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1947 – January 25, 1969
Service recordDavid Walter Riemer, of Mentor, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 79
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Mentor, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 79
- RAMON FELIX ORTEGA JRStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- ULYSSES GRANT QUEENER JRStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK RIGGINSSergeant · January 25, 1969
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
From Mentor
- PAUL HOLLAND MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH MENARTCorporal · May 26, 1967
- LOYD EDWARD STROISCHSergeant · April 12, 1968
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY DAVID STICKLEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LESTER NESSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM RONALD DICKEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- NORMAN FRED PALEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- DALE ALLEN PEARCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1971
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.