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ROBERT PAUL RIGGINS
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 19, 1931 – April 22, 1968
Service recordRobert Paul Riggins, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 389 TAC FTR WG
- Born
- January 19, 1931
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 33
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- SIMON RANDALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 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.