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Ronald Daniel Briggs
Captain
ADV TEAM 4, HQ, MACV ADVISORS, MACV Army of the United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 24, 1944 to August 20, 1974 (Incident Date February 06, 1969) RONALD D BRIGGS is on the Wall at Panel W33, Line 70 |
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CPT RONALD DANIEL BRIGGS
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The photo and following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987. The special supplement was issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial. Briggs was a mission collector and section officer at Northeast Catholic High School before graduating in 1962. He enlisted in the Army and went to Armor Officer Candidate School. Briggs was assigned to an armored unit in Viet Nam. The 24-year-old captain offically was reported missing in action on February 6, 1969, when radio contact was lost with the aircraft on which he was riding in Quang Tri Province. He was survived by his parents. Briggs was one of nine MIA's from Philadelphia, and one of at least 11 young men from the Fishtown-Kensington-Port Richmond neighborhoods to die or be missing in action in Viet Nam. All are honored on the CPL Charles J. Glenn 3rd Memorial in Fishtown, dedicated in 1967 and one of the first memorials to Viet Nam veterans in the United States.
From a native Philadelphian and Marine, |
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I never got to meet you but I feel like I have known you forever. I wish you could be here to meet your nephew. You will never be forgotten. Love, Colleen and Lil Walt
From his niece, |
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