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RONALD EDGAR RIEDE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1944 – April 11, 1968
Service recordRonald Edgar Riede, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 25
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- January 5, 1944
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 25
- FREDERICK RICHARD OHLERSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- PETER EARL POWELLSpecialist Five · April 11, 1968
- GUILLERMO A RUIZ-BERNARDSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.