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JAMES CALVIN RILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1947 – May 10, 1967
Service recordJames Calvin Riley, of Pleasant Hill, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 86
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Pleasant Hill, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; 34 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 86
- MARCELINO RIVERA-CRUZGunnery Sergeant · May 10, 1967
- ROBERT GARRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS SANDERSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- SAMUEL ARTHUR SHARP JRLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
From Pleasant Hill
- ROBERT LEE GREERStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1964
- BARNEY EVANS BOYERCorporal · September 9, 1965
- GARY CHARLES ALLENPrivate · March 4, 1966
- STEPHEN DONALD BARTELSCorporal · November 9, 1967
- GREGORY ELLIS COXSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- PAUL PHILLIP SONSTEINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
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.