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JAMES G RILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 20, 1947 – December 11, 1967
Service recordJames G Riley, of Mauston, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 82
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Mauston, Wisconsin (Juneau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 82
- LARRY EARL MCCLUNGSeaman · December 11, 1967
- JOHN PAUL PAULSON JRSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE PHIFERLance Corporal · December 11, 1967
- KENNETH LEE PUGHSergeant · December 11, 1967
From Mauston
- JAMES EDWARD LARSONSergeant · October 17, 1967
- ALBERT CLAY WATSON JRLance Corporal · October 31, 1967
- DENNIS LEE BABCOCKPrivate · May 28, 1969
- RONALD ROBERT NILESFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 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.