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STEVEN JAMES RIGGS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1943 – September 3, 1968
Service recordSteven James Riggs, of Potsdam, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 34
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Potsdam, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 34
- THOMAS FRANK POSTCorporal · September 3, 1968
- TIMOTHY EDWARD SHANOWERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- MARC EDWARD SNELLSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- RUSSELL L WRIGHT IIIHospitalman · September 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS FRANK POSTCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 34
From Potsdam
- WAYNE PAUL MURRAYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEO BRENT GUNNINGSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- EDWARD DALE BURKETTSpecialist Five · November 26, 1970
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.