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EDDIE LEE RILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1946 – September 15, 1968
Service recordEddie Lee Riley, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 66
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 66
- HAROLD ONEAL JRLance Corporal · September 15, 1968
- STANLEY RUSSELL PETTITCorporal · September 15, 1968
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- PETER BERNARD RICHFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- JOAQUIN ROBLESCorporal · September 15, 1968
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.