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CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1942 – November 11, 1967
Service recordCharles Franklin Riley, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1942
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 75
- JAMES HENRY MCCRAEPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- CARL JAMERSON MCHANEYCorporal · November 11, 1967
- DENNIS CRAIG MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- DENNIS LYNN ODELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 72
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- LARRY MARTINSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 74
- EDWIN J MARTINEZ-MERCADOPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- GARY FRANCIS SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 76
- ROBERT MILTON STATON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 76
- JOHN STEINER STUCKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 77
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- FRANK VELAZQUEZCaptain · January 1, 1968
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.