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JOE ED RILEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1947 – May 10, 1968
Service recordJoe Ed Riley JR, of El Reno, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 14
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- El Reno, Oklahoma (Canadian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 14
- JOSEPH ALBERT REICHLIN JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH RICHARDS JRCorporal · May 10, 1968
- PEDRO ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- JAMES RAY SARGENTLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER L DUCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 15
From El Reno
- RONALD LEE WATSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- JAMES TERENCE BAYNELance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONALD LEE GUSTAFSONStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
- ALPHA LEE BUFORDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- CLARENCE FINLEY BLANTONLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1968
- SAMMY RAY SMITHSergeant · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN PLATOMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- JOHN MARSHALL HOLLOWAYStaff Sergeant · February 14, 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.