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PAUL WILLIAM RILEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1928 – March 3, 1967
Service recordPaul William Riley, of Schenevus, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 9, 1928
- Home of record
- Schenevus, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 13
- CHARLES DONALD ROBYColonel · February 15, 1967
- ANGEL PERFIR SAEZ-RAMIREZStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1967
- PETER JOHN SCHUTZSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR SKILESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN HESSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 11
- RONALD LEE MIKESELLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 12
- MICHAEL RAYMOND PADILLASergeant · Panel 16E, Line 12
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.