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CHARLES JOHN RILEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1944 – October 22, 1966
Service recordCharles John Riley, of Tinley Park, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 99
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Tinley Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 99
- WILLIAM BLUE KLENERTLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1966
- MICHAEL R NEWBERNStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- ALAN IVAN SMITHSergeant · October 22, 1966
- ALONZO ALLEN TEAGUEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
From Tinley Park
- CHARLES WILLIAM HOLLWEDELPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- GERALD CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- ROGER LYNN MCRIGHTSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- EDWARD JAMES NOVAKPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
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.