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DAVID RIELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1948 – October 23, 1968
Service recordDavid Rielly, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 26
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)
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 26
- JOHN ROBERT SHINERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- DENIS LAVERN SIMONEPetty Officer Second Class · October 23, 1968
- EVERETTE ROLAND BAILEYCorporal · October 24, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.