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JOHN JAMES RIECK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 22, 1947 – June 19, 1967
Service recordJohn James Rieck JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 18
- WILLIE JOE RHODESLance Corporal · June 19, 1967
- CAMERON A RICECorporal · June 19, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SAIZSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.