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GEORGE WILLIAM RIORDAN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 23, 1948 – March 14, 1968
Service recordGeorge William Riordan, of Dover, New Hampshire, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 53
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Dover, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 53
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAUL ROBLEDOCorporal · March 14, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- SAMMIE RAY SNEED JRCorporal · March 14, 1968
From Dover
- JOSEPH ROBERT ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1967
- BARRY MALCOLM HILLSGROVEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- THOMAS J MORRISSEY JRCorporal · June 5, 1968
- GERALD JAMES FROSTCorporal · June 8, 1968
- RAYMOND COYLE DALEYFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAELSergeant · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MCGLONESergeant · September 11, 1969
- THOMAS PHILIP ONEILLStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
- DENNIS NICK VATISTASPrivate First Class · December 22, 1970
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.