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EUGENE LEE RILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 20, 1950 – July 6, 1968
Service recordEugene Lee Riley, of Tontitown, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Tontitown, Arkansas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 30
- JOHN LESLIE ROBERTSSergeant · July 6, 1968
- CRES PADILLA SALAZARPetty Officer Third Class · July 6, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- JERE LEE WHITAKERCorporal · July 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE HOLLIE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 27
- ELWOOD LAYTON HOUSTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 28
- FRED EVANS MITCHELL IIICorporal · Panel 53W, Line 28
From Tontitown
- ROBERT JOSEPH SABATINISpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
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.