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JOHN FRANKLIN RIEGEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1949 – December 19, 1967
Service recordJohn Franklin Riegel, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 27
- LESTER LEON RIDINGSSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- JUNIOR LEE SCHRINERStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- WINFIELD AUGUST SPOEHR JRCorporal · December 19, 1967
- BRUCE WAYNE STLOUISPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
From Gettysburg
- RAYMOND ELLISLieutenant · September 30, 1965
- LARRY LEROY HESSSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES HOLOKACorporal · July 22, 1966
- ROBERT LESTER KESSELLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- RICHARD MARTIN SIETZPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- GARY WESLEY RUNKPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS BRENTSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- GERARD JUDE SANDERSLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RALPH BURTON MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1970
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1971
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.