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GERALD FRANK RIEDLBERGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – January 2, 1968
Service recordGerald Frank Riedlberger, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 22
- JAMES ALLAN PRICEPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- SAMUEL RIVERA-FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- RALPH LEE ROTTERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JOSE A C SILVEIRASergeant · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE BIRMINGHAMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 16
- GARY EVERET CLAYTONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- JEFFRY ARTHUR LARSONCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 19
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 20
- FREDERICK ANDREW PINESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 21
- JOSE A C SILVEIRASergeant · Panel 33E, Line 22
- WILLIAM EDWARD STAINERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 23
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 24
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 24
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.