Military Involvement
Servicemen - R surnames | KIA | POW | Died/nonbattle |
Reinhart, Wendall Drury | X |
Ace John Riggins was born Feb. 23, 1927 to Raymond Lloyd and Martha Jensen Riggins. He died Oct. 29, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Ensign Riggins served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Iowa (BB-61) and was MIA near Balesin Island. He was awarded the Navy-Marine Corps Medal.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019