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PATRICK CARLISLE RIORDAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1949 – May 19, 1968
Service recordPatrick Carlisle Riordan, of Des Plaines, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 17
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 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 63E, Line 17
- WALTER JAMES REECESergeant · May 19, 1968
- SAMUEL HENRI RODRIQUEZHospitalman · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM KEITH ROSSFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE SACHEN JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
From Des Plaines
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES T DONAHUE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1967
- THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSINGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 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.