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OLIVER JOHN RIDDLE
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
October 23, 1945 – December 4, 1966
Service recordOliver John Riddle, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 4, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 12
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 12
- CRAWFORD BRIAN PARISStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1966
- ALVIS OREN REEVESSergeant First Class · December 4, 1966
- WILLIAM D ROBBINSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- WILLIAM VINCENT SHORTSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
From Coraopolis
- JOSEPH DALE RIGGLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- LOUIS EMIDIO BRIZZOLIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK SHANKSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · October 8, 1967
- HAROLD PAUL GRAYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- BERNARD GERALD BAKERLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- PAUL HENRY SCHAEFFERSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · May 2, 1970
- CRAIG MARATTAPrivate · October 7, 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.