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DON ROBERT RILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – March 10, 1970
Service recordDon Robert Riley, of Eau Gallie, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Eau Gallie, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 107
- LAWRENCE HAROLD SANTINACSergeant · March 10, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS SCARBOROUGHPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- THOMAS EUGENE SEVERSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- DENNIS GERALD SMITHLance Corporal · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 103
- JOHN PATRICK HENRYSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- DONALD WOODS HOLMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- STUART BASSETT LAMKINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 105
- GEORGE THOMAS SCARBOROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 107
- ROBERT MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 108
- KENNETH EDWIN WEDLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 108
From Eau Gallie
- PATRICK EDWARD WYNNEMajor · August 8, 1966
- JOSEPH MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · December 18, 1967
- JOHN GARY NIEDERMEYERPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT EARL SALMELACorporal · May 13, 1968
- FREDERICK F WALTERSCorporal · May 13, 1968
- WILLIAM STEPHEN CLARKCorporal · July 28, 1968
- PAUL FRANKLIN CLARKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- STEVEN TRAVIS CUMMINSSergeant · July 12, 1969
- REGINALD MARK SATERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- JAMES EARL PETTIJOHNPrivate First Class · October 19, 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.