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LARRY LLOYD RILEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 27, 1947 – May 24, 1968
Service recordLarry Lloyd Riley, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 69E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69E · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 69E, Line 1
- LAWRENCE GERALD RENOSergeant · May 24, 1968
- HU BLAKEMORE RHODESChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 24, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- EMMETT RUCKER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 24, 1968
From Midwest City
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BERNARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- GAILEN CHEEK CROSSLINPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- RANDALL LEE MCELREATHLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
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.