OBITUARY
Retired Army Officer Succombs At Age 70
Oakland, Maryland--Col. James Anderson Riley, U.S. Army (Ret), 70, 321 North Third Street, died Tuesday at the West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, W.Va.
Born in Albright, WV Sept. 22, 1914, he was a son of Barney J. Riley, and the late Jessie (Smith) Riley.
Col. Riley was awarded the first oak leaf cluster to the Legion of Merit for exceptional meritorious performance of duty from September, 1961 to January, 1970 while serving as commanding officer of the 502 Military Intelligence Battalion in Korea. He served as commander of the Eastern Sector Commission of the U.S. Army Corps in Wheeling, WV; senior advisor to the Army Advisory Group, Charleston, WV; member of the Special Review Board Office of the Deputy Chief for Personnel, Department of the Army.
Col. Riley was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Reserves in 1938 and assigned as executive officer and camp commander in the CCC in West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana from June, 1939 to April, 1942.
He was called to active duty in 1942 and served as [an] Armored Infantry Commander with General Patton's Third Army in Europe during World War II. He was captured by the Germans in September, 1944 and remained a prisoner until his escape in January, 1945. Col. Riley also served tours of duty in Hawaii, Korea and Ft. Jackson, S.C.
During his 30 years in the Army, he received a B.S. degree in Military Sciences from the University of Maryland and completed the associate course at the Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
In addition to the Legion of Merit, he was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf and Medal for Humane Action.
Surviving, besides his father, are his widow, Frances (Clement) Riley; a son, First Lieutenant, Jack C. Riley, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany; two daughters, Mrs. Fran C. McCaskill, Miss Hyun Sue Riley, both of Atlanta, Ga; two brothers, Warren E. Riley, Miami, FL; William S. Riley, Albright, WV; a sister, Eleanor D. Day, Simi Valley, Calif.; and two grandchildren [note, Andrew McCaskill, James McCaskill]
The body will be cremated.
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 2pm at St. Paul's United Methodist Church by the Rev. Allen Ridenour.
Cumberland Evening Times, Aug 21, 1985. Cumberland, MD
Retired Army Officer Succombs At Age 70
Oakland, Maryland--Col. James Anderson Riley, U.S. Army (Ret), 70, 321 North Third Street, died Tuesday at the West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, W.Va.
Born in Albright, WV Sept. 22, 1914, he was a son of Barney J. Riley, and the late Jessie (Smith) Riley.
Col. Riley was awarded the first oak leaf cluster to the Legion of Merit for exceptional meritorious performance of duty from September, 1961 to January, 1970 while serving as commanding officer of the 502 Military Intelligence Battalion in Korea. He served as commander of the Eastern Sector Commission of the U.S. Army Corps in Wheeling, WV; senior advisor to the Army Advisory Group, Charleston, WV; member of the Special Review Board Office of the Deputy Chief for Personnel, Department of the Army.
Col. Riley was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Reserves in 1938 and assigned as executive officer and camp commander in the CCC in West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana from June, 1939 to April, 1942.
He was called to active duty in 1942 and served as [an] Armored Infantry Commander with General Patton's Third Army in Europe during World War II. He was captured by the Germans in September, 1944 and remained a prisoner until his escape in January, 1945. Col. Riley also served tours of duty in Hawaii, Korea and Ft. Jackson, S.C.
During his 30 years in the Army, he received a B.S. degree in Military Sciences from the University of Maryland and completed the associate course at the Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
In addition to the Legion of Merit, he was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf and Medal for Humane Action.
Surviving, besides his father, are his widow, Frances (Clement) Riley; a son, First Lieutenant, Jack C. Riley, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany; two daughters, Mrs. Fran C. McCaskill, Miss Hyun Sue Riley, both of Atlanta, Ga; two brothers, Warren E. Riley, Miami, FL; William S. Riley, Albright, WV; a sister, Eleanor D. Day, Simi Valley, Calif.; and two grandchildren [note, Andrew McCaskill, James McCaskill]
The body will be cremated.
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 2pm at St. Paul's United Methodist Church by the Rev. Allen Ridenour.
Cumberland Evening Times, Aug 21, 1985. Cumberland, MD
OBITUARY
Retired Army Officer Succombs At Age 70
Oakland, Maryland--Col. James Anderson Riley, U.S. Army (Ret), 70, 321 North Third Street, died Tuesday at the West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, W.Va.
Born in Albright, WV Sept. 22, 1914, he was a son of Barney J. Riley, and the late Jessie (Smith) Riley.
Col. Riley was awarded the first oak leaf cluster to the Legion of Merit for exceptional meritorious performance of duty from September, 1961 to January, 1970 while serving as commanding officer of the 502 Military Intelligence Battalion in Korea. He served as commander of the Eastern Sector Commission of the U.S. Army Corps in Wheeling, WV; senior advisor to the Army Advisory Group, Charleston, WV; member of the Special Review Board Office of the Deputy Chief for Personnel, Department of the Army.
Col. Riley was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Reserves in 1938 and assigned as executive officer and camp commander in the CCC in West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana from June, 1939 to April, 1942.
He was called to active duty in 1942 and served as [an] Armored Infantry Commander with General Patton's Third Army in Europe during World War II. He was captured by the Germans in September, 1944 and remained a prisoner until his escape in January, 1945. Col. Riley also served tours of duty in Hawaii, Korea and Ft. Jackson, S.C.
During his 30 years in the Army, he received a B.S. degree in Military Sciences from the University of Maryland and completed the associate course at the Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
In addition to the Legion of Merit, he was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf and Medal for Humane Action.
Surviving, besides his father, are his widow, Frances (Clement) Riley; a son, First Lieutenant, Jack C. Riley, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany; two daughters, Mrs. Fran C. McCaskill, Miss Hyun Sue Riley, both of Atlanta, Ga; two brothers, Warren E. Riley, Miami, FL; William S. Riley, Albright, WV; a sister, Eleanor D. Day, Simi Valley, Calif.; and two grandchildren [note, Andrew McCaskill, James McCaskill]
The body will be cremated.
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 2pm at St. Paul's United Methodist Church by the Rev. Allen Ridenour.
Cumberland Evening Times, Aug 21, 1985. Cumberland, MD
Retired Army Officer Succombs At Age 70
Oakland, Maryland--Col. James Anderson Riley, U.S. Army (Ret), 70, 321 North Third Street, died Tuesday at the West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, W.Va.
Born in Albright, WV Sept. 22, 1914, he was a son of Barney J. Riley, and the late Jessie (Smith) Riley.
Col. Riley was awarded the first oak leaf cluster to the Legion of Merit for exceptional meritorious performance of duty from September, 1961 to January, 1970 while serving as commanding officer of the 502 Military Intelligence Battalion in Korea. He served as commander of the Eastern Sector Commission of the U.S. Army Corps in Wheeling, WV; senior advisor to the Army Advisory Group, Charleston, WV; member of the Special Review Board Office of the Deputy Chief for Personnel, Department of the Army.
Col. Riley was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Reserves in 1938 and assigned as executive officer and camp commander in the CCC in West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana from June, 1939 to April, 1942.
He was called to active duty in 1942 and served as [an] Armored Infantry Commander with General Patton's Third Army in Europe during World War II. He was captured by the Germans in September, 1944 and remained a prisoner until his escape in January, 1945. Col. Riley also served tours of duty in Hawaii, Korea and Ft. Jackson, S.C.
During his 30 years in the Army, he received a B.S. degree in Military Sciences from the University of Maryland and completed the associate course at the Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
In addition to the Legion of Merit, he was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf and Medal for Humane Action.
Surviving, besides his father, are his widow, Frances (Clement) Riley; a son, First Lieutenant, Jack C. Riley, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany; two daughters, Mrs. Fran C. McCaskill, Miss Hyun Sue Riley, both of Atlanta, Ga; two brothers, Warren E. Riley, Miami, FL; William S. Riley, Albright, WV; a sister, Eleanor D. Day, Simi Valley, Calif.; and two grandchildren [note, Andrew McCaskill, James McCaskill]
The body will be cremated.
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 2pm at St. Paul's United Methodist Church by the Rev. Allen Ridenour.
Cumberland Evening Times, Aug 21, 1985. Cumberland, MD
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