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JEFFRY RANDAL RIEK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1947 – February 25, 1970
Service recordJeffry Randal Riek, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 54
- ROBERT BOYD MOSSGROVESpecialist Four · February 25, 1970
- GEORGE ALFRED ODIORNECorporal · February 25, 1970
- ROBERT LEON PEARSONCorporal · February 25, 1970
- JOE LEWIS RIVERACorporal · February 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BOYD MOSSGROVESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 54
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
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.