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JAMES LEE RITER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 30, 1949 – December 20, 1970
Service recordJames Lee Riter, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 20, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 134
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Born
- May 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 134
- BOBBY RAY DAILEYPrivate First Class · December 20, 1970
- SAZIN DALE FABACHERCorporal · December 20, 1970
- KEITH DANIEL HOLMESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY REMELTS IISpecialist Four · December 20, 1970
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.