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MARK ANTHONY RIGGLE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1947 – October 7, 1967
Service recordMark Anthony Riggle, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 67
- JAMES ARNOLD STOEBERLSpecialist Five · October 7, 1967
- JAKE HAROLD VANMETER JRStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1967
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM ANDERSONMajor · October 8, 1967
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN HEITGERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
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.