Wiley, Richard Dennis
Army Specialist 4

Richard Dennis Wiley from Decatur, Illinois, Macon county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, June 12, 1972
Death details: Specialist 4 (SP4) Richard Dennis Wiley entered the U.S. Army from Illinois and served in Troop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 11th Aviation Group. On June 12, 1972, he was a gunner aboard an OH-6A Cayuse (tail number 68-17338) on a visual reconnaissance mission over a landing zone. The helicopter was shot down during the mission, and SP4 Wiley was lost during the incident. Attempts to locate his remains following his loss were unsuccessful. Today, Specialist 4 Wiley is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency