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ALDEN LAVERNE RILEY
Chief Warrant Officer 4 · U.S. Air Force
July 23, 1922 – November 26, 1966
Service recordAlden Laverne Riley, of San Diego, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 123
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CWO-4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 23, 1922
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 123
- ADRIAN FLOYD PURNELLFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- HOLLIE BOYD RUSSELLPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1966
- KARL DAVID SOBOLIKCaptain · November 26, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.