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DONALD JOSEPH REILLY
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1929 – December 9, 1965
Service recordDonald Joseph Reilly, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 4
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- February 20, 1929
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1965; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 4
- BENNY BOB COESpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- CLANCY GEORGE DRAKECaptain · December 9, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.