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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Dennis Harlen Riley.

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DENNIS HARLEN RILEY

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

January 18, 1951 – March 5, 1970

Service record

Dennis Harlen Riley, of Tell City, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13W · Line 86

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Born
January 18, 1951
Home of record
Tell City, Indiana (Perry County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 5, 1970
Age
19
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Tell City

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.