John Francis Rieger

John Francis Rieger
John Francis Rieger
Personal details
Born	23 April 1917
Died	9 June 2012
Nativity	United States
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Cavalry
ASN	01013512
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 3 (2 November – 23 December 1942)
Section	D
Teams	IPW 16, IPW 18

Teammates

Team — IPW 16

Team — IPW 18

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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John Francis Rieger (23 April 1917 – 9 June 2012) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 3 and served with IPW Team 16; 18.

Biography

John Francis Rieger, was born April 23 1917 and passed away June 9 2012.

Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Maryland where he was graduated in the class of 1939. Rieger attended Furman University in South Carolina and Mount St. Graduated from Bryant High School, New York City, Capt.

He later attended Fordham University, from where he obtained his Master's Degree, immediately after entering U.S.

He was sent to Camp Ritchie, Maryland as an instructor and from there went overseas.

From a newspaper clipping: Captain John Rieger's heroic performance in the initial onslaught on Fortress Europe has won him the Bronze Star. Despite terrific Nazi fire of all types, Rieger performed his duties. After military service, John worked for the State Department.

He was with the cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas and from there he was stationed with the armored forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky, receiving his commission as lieutenant. In reference of earning the Bronze Star, his family passes along that he stopped US anti-aircraft guns from shooting their own US planes. He was a Regional Security Officer in Germany, then South America.

Then he was a General Manager for a Refugee Relief Program in DC. Later, he was the Consul General in Salzburg, Austria, followed by an Administrative Officer in Tel Aviv. After that, he was a Senior State Department Representative in National Military Command Center, for the DOD at the Pentagon.

He was then Deputy Director, Office of Munitions Control, Department of State in DC. Later, he was Counselor for Administration in Sudan, followed by Counselor for Administration in India and later Thailand, before finally retiring.

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	95
Class_ASN	13512
Class_Name	RIEGER, John F.
match_method	asn_partial_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-10-20 (1 post)