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RICHARD VERNON RIGGS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1944 – May 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Vernon Riggs, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 16
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 60E, Line 16
- LARRY JOSEPH HARDYLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- STEPHEN ROLLEY POWELLCorporal · May 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RINGELSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 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.