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NIEL BURNS RIGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1943 – September 29, 1967
Service recordNiel Burns Riggs, of Provo, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 31
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Provo, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 31
- LYNELL NEBLETTLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- CLARENCE RIVERSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- BOBBY JAMES SHELTONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KOLLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 29
- WILLIAM LAWREN MCDANIELSSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- BOBBY JAMES SHELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 31
From Provo
- DON CHARLES WOODColonel · January 16, 1966
- KENNETH HYRUM BROWNPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- LYNN KESLER POWELLCaptain · August 21, 1967
- GARY GLEN POOLPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- STEVE RALPH LUKEPetty Officer Second Class · December 6, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BROWNFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
- MARK DEE VINCENTCorporal · January 9, 1970
- LARRY DUWAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
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.