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VERNON RAY RILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 16, 1948 – April 28, 1970
Service recordVernon Ray Riley, of Massillon, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Massillon, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 64
- JOSEPH COBDEN JESZECKMaster Sergeant · April 28, 1970
- CHARLES MILFORD KNOWLESFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1970
- THOMAS LAMBERT LUBBERSFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1970
- GILBERTO PADILLAPrivate First Class · April 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HUGHIE FRANKLIN SNIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 65
From Massillon
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COYNELance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH FUCHSLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NULPH JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SINNOCKSergeant · May 30, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.