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DONALD EUGENE RILES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 11, 1949 – May 16, 1970
Service recordDonald Eugene Riles, of Austin, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 53
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Austin, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 53
- BILLY RAY MCCULLOUGHSergeant · May 16, 1970
- EUGENE FLOYD MCNALLYLieutenant Commander · May 16, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD MCNULTYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- JOE EDWARD RABERSergeant · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BYRON MAGRUDERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 52
- GUY LYNN STOKES JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 54
From Austin
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- JEAN ARTHUR KEARBYLieutenant Colonel · June 23, 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.