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MELVIN JOSEPH RILEY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1947 – September 1, 1967
Service recordMelvin Joseph Riley JR, of Hazelwood, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Hazelwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 79
- DENNIS WAYNE LUGARSergeant · September 1, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS OTT IIIPetty Officer First Class · September 1, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- CLINTON MORELL RHOADES JRLance Corporal · September 1, 1967
From Hazelwood
- RICHARD LEON LANDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LARRY MICHAEL BARTELLPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- RONALD BURK BISHOPStaff Sergeant · September 17, 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.