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EDWARD DANIEL REILLY JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1943 – April 26, 1966
Service recordEdward Daniel Reilly JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 26, 1966, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 2
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 26, 1966
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 2
- JAMES HALE TUCKERMajor · April 26, 1966
- KENNETH WAYNE WOLFEPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- FRANK DENNIS KORNOVICHLance Corporal · April 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 135
- STANLEY J BENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 1
- DOYLE EDWARD HOLTZLANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 1
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 1
- KENNETH DWIGHT MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 1
- KENNETH WAYNE WOLFEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 2
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.