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JOSEPH HENRY RIFFLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – October 15, 1968
Service recordJoseph Henry Riffle, of White Marsh, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- White Marsh, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 65
- GARY JAMES PALMERPrivate · October 15, 1968
- HARRY LEE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · October 15, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1968
- OLLIE RAY STAPLETONSpecialist Four · October 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JULIUS CLYDE FAIRCLOTHSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 64
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.