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JAMES FRANCIS RILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1950 – November 16, 1970
Service recordJames Francis Riley, of Waukon, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Waukon, Iowa (Allamakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 64
- MICHAEL KIRK JOHNSONCorporal · November 16, 1970
- RICHARD LANE KELTONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
- DEXTER JOSEPH LOMBASPrivate First Class · November 16, 1970
- JOHN MARSHALL ROEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LANE KELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 64
- DEXTER JOSEPH LOMBASPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 64
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.