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JAMES PATRICK RIGGINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1949 – January 25, 1969
Service recordJames Patrick Riggins, of Los Fresnos, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Fresnos, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; six of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 79
- RAMON FELIX ORTEGA JRStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- ULYSSES GRANT QUEENER JRStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- DAVID WALTER RIEMERLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ROY BELLWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 73
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 76
- JAMES ALFRED LUCKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 77
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 79
- ROGER LEE VICKERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 80
- CHARLES MINOR WOODALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 81
From Los Fresnos
- JOSE LUIS RIVASCorporal · April 15, 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.