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RICHARD WINFRED RILEY
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 12, 1942 – August 27, 1969
Service recordRichard Winfred Riley, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 27, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 126
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Yeoman (YN)
- Born
- January 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 126
- BRIAN ANDREW HUBISFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1969
- JOHNNY EDWARD SHOUFFSpecialist Four · August 27, 1969
- EFRAIN VAZQUEZ-SANTIAGOPrivate · August 27, 1969
- WILLIAM J WICKWARDSergeant First Class · August 27, 1969
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.