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FRANK LEE RIDEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1943 – April 16, 1970
Service recordFrank Lee Riden, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 15
- RALPH EUGENE REEDSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · April 16, 1970
- JOHN DAVID THOMASPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
- JOHNNY BRYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RALPH HEINZCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 13
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 15
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.