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RONALD HOWARD RILEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1948 – April 18, 1969
Service recordRonald Howard Riley, of Sanger, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Sanger, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 3
- ROBERT LEE PARKCorporal · April 18, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE PONGRATZSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- AUBREY ARCHIE REID JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
- PERRY JAY SCOTTSergeant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY BRINKERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- JOHN BURGESSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 105
- GEORGE CLARENCE DAHLMANSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 106
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE PARKCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 3
- PERRY JAY SCOTTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 3
- CHARLES DUDLEY SHORTSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 4
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 4
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR TIPTONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 4
From Sanger
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JOHN BERNARD HURTADOCaptain · April 6, 1968
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- CATARINO MORELOS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN PEDRO DELGADOLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- WILLIAM BOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- DANNY ELBERT APPLETONSpecialist Four · October 21, 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.