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RICHARD WILLIAM RIALE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1949 – February 12, 1969
Service recordRichard William Riale, of Lowville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 22
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Lowville, New York (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 22
- ROBERT ERVIN GILMORELance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- BILLY DALE MOORECorporal · February 12, 1969
- DARIS WAYNE NICKELSLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- SALVADOR DELOSS RIOSSergeant · February 12, 1969
From Lowville
- MARTIN LARRY HANNOSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN ROCCO PERRETTACorporal · February 15, 1968
- LAWRENCE KENNETH ARTHURPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ALLAN RONALD GYORECaptain · March 5, 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.