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ROBERT CHARLES RIGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1945 – January 24, 1969
Service recordRobert Charles Riggs, of East Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 71
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 25, 1945
- Home of record
- East Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 71
- JAY BARRY LEVINSONCorporal · January 24, 1969
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · January 24, 1969
- WILLIAM HERBERT MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · January 24, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE WESTMORELANDSpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS GRAVLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 70
From East Hartford
- GERALD HILAND STEWARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- ALLEN JAYSON ROYLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- DONALD MORRIS WILLEYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT LAFONDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN PALOWSKISergeant · August 3, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SINCEREPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- KENNETH ANTHONY LAVINE JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ROBERT JON BEAMANPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 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.