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WILLIAM STEVEN RIGGS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – February 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Steven Riggs, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 40
- KURT L STARKEYCorporal · February 15, 1969
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · February 15, 1969
- LEWIS RUSSELL VALENTINEPrivate First Class · February 15, 1969
- LEWIS WILLIAM WARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERSKINE LOGAN CRUMPPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 37
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 37
- FRANKLIN BRADLEY GILBERTSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 37
- THOMAS SCOTT HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 38
- FRANCIS KENNETH KULBATSKICorporal · Panel 32W, Line 38
- DENNIS COLE NORTHSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 39
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 40
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.