Rank: Private First Class
Unit: H Company, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 25-Oct-1945
Hometown: East Hartford, Connecticut
Marital status: Married to Linda B. Riggs
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 24-Dec-1968
Incident date: 24-Jan-1969
Date of casualty: 24-Jan-1969
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Robert Charles Riggs died from wounds received while driver of military vehicle on a combat operation when hostile mine detonated
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saint Marys Cemetery, East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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