Sim Riggins - Private First Class

Hometown:
Newark
D.O.B.:
December 12, 1946
County:
Essex
Rank:
Private First Class
Branch:
Marines
Date of Casualty:

July 19, 1966

Casualty Status:
Killed In Action
Country of Incident:
South Vietnam

Sim H. Riggins, Jr. was born in Georgia on December 12, 1946. He later moved to Newark, NJ.

He enlisted in the US Marine Corps and attained the rank of Private First Class (PFC).

Riggins was killed in action on July 19, 1966 after being wounded in the Quang Tri Province area. He was survived by his father Sim H. Riggins and sister Sweetie M. Norwood. His funeral services were held at Whigham’s Funeral Home and he is buried at Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield, NJ.

Source: NJVVMF.
12/17/2024

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