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View a eulogy for Kenneth Volkert Riley, USMA '51, who passed away on February 9, 1953.

Kenneth Volkert Riley

West Point, 1951

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Michael Robert Patterson on December 2, 2001:

Kenneth V. Riley, Jr.
Denver, Colorado - Born 1929
First Lieutenant, US Army
Died of Wounds February 9, 1953 in Korea

First Lieutenant Riley was a member of the 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded by an enemy missile in North Korea on February 8, 1953 and died of those wounds the following day.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/kvriley.htm

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