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WILLIAM STUART RIES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1946 – February 13, 1966
Service recordWilliam Stuart Ries, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 13, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 2 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 31
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- WALTER NORRIS AMMONSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- ALLEN JAMES AVERYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- IRA C BOGGS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH BOYLESeaman · February 14, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.
