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LARRY RAY RIDDLE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 4, 1945 – March 7, 1967
Service recordLarry Ray Riddle, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 37
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Construction Electrician (CE)
- Born
- August 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 37
- DANIEL JOHN ORLIKOWSKIPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- THOMAS LASANDA SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WATTSPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.