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CURTIS RAY RILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – April 19, 1968
Service recordCurtis Ray Riley, of Stout, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 1
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Stout, Ohio (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 1
- DILLARD ERIC PETERSONLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- ARTURO RECIO RIOSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ROBINSONCorporal · April 19, 1968
- CASIMIRO RODRIGUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 46
- MICHAEL GLENN LIPSIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 49
- ARTHUR JAMES LORDMajor · Panel 50E, Line 49
- WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JRSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 50
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 50E, Line 50
- CHARLES J HARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 51
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 51
- CLIFFORD LLOYD SELLPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL JOHN WALLACESergeant First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL RAY WERDEHOFFMaster Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 4
- JOHN EDWARD WILBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 4
From Stout
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS SPARKSSergeant · June 9, 1969
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.