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JOHN PATRICK RILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1948 – August 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Patrick Riley, of White Plains, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 37
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- White Plains, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 37
- LEROY NEWSON JRSpecialist Four · August 9, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1968
- WAYNE BENJAMIN WOLFKEILColonel · August 9, 1968
From White Plains
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- CORNELIUS PAUL KENEALLYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH REEDStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN HUGHES JRCaptain · May 9, 1968
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 1968
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · March 10, 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.