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LARRY LYNN RIDDLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1949 – July 29, 1969
Service recordLarry Lynn Riddle, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 74
- JOSEPH PETER RUEBELCorporal · July 29, 1969
- KRIS EDWARD SHAWSpecialist Four · July 29, 1969
- HENRY ESTRELLA VILLALOBOSPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL MORRIS DENTONCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 69
- STEPHEN DONALD GLECKLERSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 70
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 71
- JAMES CARL KOTRCMajor · Panel 20W, Line 71
- BRUCE MAGNUS LANGAUNETCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 72
- JOSEPH PETER RUEBELCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 74
- KRIS EDWARD SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 74
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.