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KIRK IRWIN RILEY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1939 – December 3, 1965
Service recordKirk Irwin Riley, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 3, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 122
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- October 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 122
- WARREN LEIGH DEMPSEYCorporal · December 3, 1965
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- ROBERT ALLEN SINGERHOUSEPrivate · December 3, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- CHARLES DUFFY BLACKFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1967
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.