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JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1944 – June 23, 1969
Service recordJoseph Burnitt Riggs, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Materiel Supply Specialist (76T)
- Born
- January 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 1
- JEFFREY ROBERTS BARBERLance Corporal · June 23, 1969
- WARREN PAULSENPetty Officer Third Class · June 23, 1969
- GEORGE CHARLES PETERSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- EDGAR STEVAN PITTMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- TERRY MICHAEL REEDFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
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.