PFC Wesley Riggs - 19 - Memorial -
Beach City Texas
Riggs died in Tikrit, Iraq,
from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his
dismounted position. He was assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry
Division,
Fort Stewart, Georgia. Died on May 17, 2005.
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Dedication scheduled for fallen soldier
By Austin Kinghorn
Baytown Sun
Published November 10, 2005
State Rep. Craig Eiland will be on hand to help dedicate a memorial to fallen
soldier and Beach City resident PFC Wesley Riggs at a ceremony Friday. The
ceremony
begins at 10 a.m. at the Beach City Community Building on FM 3180.
Eiland, who represents Chambers County in the state legislature, is scheduled to
speak while Chambers County Judge Jimmy Sylvia and Precinct 4 Commissioner Bill
Wallace will also be in attendance. Beach City Mayor Guido Persiani is expected
to read a proclamation and Fr. Andrew Moore of Holy Trinity Catholic Church will
deliver the benediction.
Persiani said the memorial, which consists of a new flagpole outside the Beach
City Community Building and a red granite monument, is the product of donations
and cooperation among local government. The memorial was donated Navarre Funeral
Home while the Chambers County Parks Department installed the new flagpole and
added landscaping. “It is very simple, but I think we can be proud of how
it was done,” Persiani said.
Riggs was 19 when he was killed in May near Tikrit, Iraq, when a roadside bomb
exploded near his patrol. Riggs joined the U.S. Army in February 2004
after graduating from Barbers Hill High School. He was a member of the 2nd
Platoon, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
of the U.S. Army based out of Ft. Stewart, GA.
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