CPL JAMES AUSTIN RIDER, JR.
23rd Military Police Company
Americal Division
Age
21 - From Seattle, Washington
Killed in action on May 13, 1968 - Quang Nam, South Viet Nam
INFORMATION
FOUND AT VIETNAM VETERANS
MEMORIAL FUND WEBSITE
(www.vvmf.org)
JAMES AUSTIN JR RIDER
is honored on Panel 60E, Row 1 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Full Name: JAMES AUSTIN JR RIDER
Wall Name: JAMES A RIDER JR
Date of Birth: 4/18/1947
Date of Casualty: 5/13/1968
Home of Record: SEATTLE
State: WA
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: CPL
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: QUANG NAM
FROM "FACES FROM THE WALL -
VIETNAM WAR - WASHINGTON STATE"
(http://www.facesfromthewall.com/1968may.html#rideja)
Cpl. James A.
Rider Jr. Rosary for Army Cpl. James A. Rider, Jr., 21, of 6846 18th
Ave. N.E., will be said at 8p.m. today at the Blessed Sacrament Church.
Requiem Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the church. The
Booth-Ashmore Mortuary will direct burial in Holyrood. Corporal Rider
was killed in action 13 May (1968) near Da Nang, Vietnam, when his jeep
struck a land mine. A Seattle native, Corporal Rider was a Roosevelt
High School graduate. He entered the Army in September, 1966, and went
to Vietnam in October. He was a military policeman. He was a member of
the Knights of Columbus. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
A. Rider, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lee, Tacoma, and Mrs Barbara
Garant, Mountlake Terrace. (The Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 4 May 1968).
FROM "THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL"
(http://tanaya.net/vmw/R/rec-43329.html)
Let us not
forget Corporal James Austin Jr Rider, casualty of the Vietnam War. As
a member of the Army Selective Service, CPL Rider served our country
until May 13th, 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. He was 21 years old
and was not married. James died from an undetermined explosion. His
body was recovered. James was born on April 18th, 1947 in Seattle,
Washington.
CPL Rider is on panel 60E, line 001 of the Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. He served our country for one year.
CPL Rider is on panel 60E, line 001 of the Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. He served our country for one year.
FROM: "THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD -
198th LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE"
(http://dutch23mp.bravepages.com/graphics/rider.htm?IDNO=56956806)
--- General / Personal ---
Last name: RIDER
First name: JAMES AUSTIN JR
Home of Record (official): SEATTLE
State (official): WA
Date of Birth: Friday, April 18, 1947
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: CPL
Serial Number: 56956806
Component: Selective Service
Posthumous promotion as indicated
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 95B20
Major Organization: 198th LIB
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Wednesday, October 4, 1967
Date of Casualty: Monday, May 13, 1968
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Other explosive device (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Quang Nam
The Wall: Panel 60E - Row 001
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