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JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 21, 1926 – October 10, 1965
Service recordJames Joseph Reilly JR, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 117
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1926
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1965
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 117
- EUGENE MERLYN RICKSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RONALD KEITH SCHUKARPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VAN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GRAYSON BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 115
- RONNIE MARSHALL DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 115
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 115
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 115
- HARRY EDWARD HIMMELREICHPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 116
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 116
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 116
- EUGENE MERLYN RICKSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- RONALD KEITH SCHUKARPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- VAN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
From Washington
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1968
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
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.