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LOUIS RIDINGS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1941 – May 23, 1966
Service recordLouis Ridings, of Big Bear Lake, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Big Bear Lake, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 105
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY LESLIE CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM DANIEL GILLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- DEWEY WILLIAM KELLEYStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DANIEL GILLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 105
- STANLEY WILLIAM SALYERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 106
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 106
From Big Bear Lake
- RAY EDWARD MORAN JRSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- DONALD NATHANIEL COOPERCorporal · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE PEARCYPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.