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RILEY DAVID RAULSTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1949 – May 15, 1968
Service recordRiley David Raulston, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 2
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)
- Born
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; 16 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 61E, Line 2
- JOHNNIE BRYANT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- THOMAS LEONARD SEIFERTSergeant · May 15, 1968
- GARY JOHN SHEASpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SLIFKASpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
From Poplar Bluff
- DALE FRANCIS HUDSONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- FAMOUS LEE LANEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL RICHARDSONCorporal · July 4, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD JERRY MULLERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- RONALD DAVID COBBLance Corporal · April 29, 1968
- GARCLEE M FREDWELLSpecialist Four · August 29, 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.