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RODNEY L RIEGER
Captain · U.S. Army
July 28, 1941 – February 24, 1967
Service recordRodney L Rieger, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 86
- THOMAS MONKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- VICTOR RAPHAEL PASTRANAPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 82
- STEVEN KIRBYCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 84
- THOMAS EDWARD M GRAY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 85
- VICTOR VANCE ULLBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 87
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KUMMELLSergeant · November 7, 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.