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STERLING G W RIDDICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1946 – April 18, 1968
Service recordSterling G W Riddick, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina (Pasquotank County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 41
- ROGER DOUGLAS SAUXCorporal · April 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLIFTON SHEARINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
- JAMES VERDELL SOLOMONSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAY HESSPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 36
- UDO HANNIGANPrivate · Panel 50E, Line 39
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 42
- REGINALD WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Elizabeth City
- WILLIAM HENRY LAMBSergeant · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SADLERLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- KENNETH JONES EYER JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ERNEST BERTIE WHITESpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · January 1, 1972
- LAWRENCE MCFIE OXX JRFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
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.