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EARL CONRAD RIDER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – March 18, 1969
Service recordEarl Conrad Rider JR, of St Clair, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- St Clair, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 73
- ROBERT LEE WILSONStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1969
- KENZEL MEREDITH RACEYSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- JERRY ERNEST SAMSONLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- CLYDE EDWARD SAXONLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- RICHARD WESLEY STITTPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
From St Clair
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · February 24, 1966
- RONDA LEE RAGLINPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MEEKLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY GROSSLieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1967
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- JOHN PIZZUTISpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
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.