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WILLARD WAYNE RIGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1948 – August 30, 1968
Service recordWillard Wayne Riggs, of Pittsburg, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 9
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN PEPPERLance Corporal · August 30, 1968
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- ROBERT SIDNEY ROBERSON JRSergeant · August 30, 1968
- GARY GENE RODGERSCorporal · August 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWIN DAVISCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 5
From Pittsburg
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 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.