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RILEY CLAYTON AUSTIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1948 – June 17, 1968
Service recordRiley Clayton Austin, of Houston, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 11
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 11
- ALFRED EVARTS WHITEHEADPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR BEDSOLEFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1968
- CHARLIE E BERRYSergeant · June 17, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD GOODMANSergeant · June 17, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.