Niel Burns Riggs

Private First Class
HHC, 2ND BN, 14TH INF RGT, 25 INF DIV
Army of the United States
23 April 1943 - 29 September 1967
Provo, Utah
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25 INF DIV

14TH INF RGT
Combat Medic

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Niel Burns Riggs

28 Dec 2004

Neil, I didn't get to know you like I would have liked.
But I think of you often.

Ray Wayne
Fort Carson 67-68
raywayne@consolidated.net

31 May 2006

Even though it has been decades since that Army Major came to the door, the ache of losing you still hurts as much as when it was new. You will never, never be forgotten.

From his sister,
Margene R. Olson
maggiesown@sisna.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

PFC Riggs was a medic assigned to Headquarters Company, 2/14 Infantry, but he was in the field with C Company when he was wounded. He died of his injuries on 29 Sep 1967.

Visit John Dennison's
Medics on the Wall
memorial which honors the
Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his sister,
Margene R. Olson
maggiesown@sisna.com



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 1 Jan 2005
Last updated 06/19/2006