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WILLIAM JOHN RISSE
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
August 13, 1926 – March 16, 1970
Service recordWilliam John Risse, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 13, 1926
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 10
- JOHN STEVE SCHAEFERPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
- BARRY MARTIN SEARBYPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
- ARTHUR D SIMMONSPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 1970
- JEAN PIERRE SOUZONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY JOSEPH ASBECKPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 12W, Line 3
- JOHN MACY BIRCHPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 12W, Line 3
- WILLIAM PETE BLETSCHPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 12W, Line 3
- HARRY CHARLEMONT MARTINLieutenant Commander · Panel 12W, Line 7
- JAMES MADISON MASTERS JRLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 12W, Line 7
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 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.