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ROBERT LUCIAN RIGGINS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 14, 1949 – March 21, 1969
Service recordRobert Lucian Riggins JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 2
- BILLY WAYNE RAPPSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JAMES RANDOLPH REGNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- MIGUEL ANGEL RIVERASpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN ROWEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 95
- JUAN PASCUAL R CASTROStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 96
- RONALD SANDERS COLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 97
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 97
- JOSEPH MARTIN EUSTAQUIOSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 98
- JERRY LEE EWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 98
- DAVID EDWARD HERSCHBACHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 99
- ERROL ARTHUR HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 99
- MOSE CHILDS HUNDLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- LOUIS HENDERSON JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- WESLEY SHEPPARD KERRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- LARRY THOMAS MOULDERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 100
- RICARDO LOPEZCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 102
- ALAN FREDERICK MARSCHALLSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 102
- EARL MARTIN MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 103
- GEORGE EDWARD MENNINGERCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 103
- DONALD RAY JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 104
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 104
- LEONARD LEE PRESTON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 1
- WILLIAM WARREN SHERMANSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 3
- ALBERT EDWARD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 4
- THOMAS WILLIAM WHITTENCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 6
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.