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THOMAS EUGENE RILEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1948 – June 2, 1968
Service recordThomas Eugene Riley, of Springport, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Springport, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 16
- JAMES HENRY PRESLEYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- WILLIAM WASHINGTON HENCESergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- JAMES LEROY HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 15
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 16
- AUDRON L SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 17
From Springport
- TIMOTHY J BALLINGERSpecialist Four · May 24, 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.