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ROBERT EUGENE RIEDEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1945 – August 31, 1965
Service recordRobert Eugene Riedel, of Hoisington, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Hoisington, Kansas (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 70
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- JAMES MCNALLY MITCHELL JRFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
From Hoisington
- JOHN STEPHEN SIMMONSSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 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.