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JOHN FRANCIS REILLY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1947 – December 29, 1966
Service recordJohn Francis Reilly, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 99
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- White Bear Lake, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 99
- ROBERT GORDON PETRIMOULXPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JOSEPH ANDREW RAYNOStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
From White Bear Lake
- JEROME F LEVASSEUR JRFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- JERROLD PATRICK SMITHPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JERRY NORMAN ELLISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- ALLEN ROBERT MELDAHLPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- JAMES FREDERICK UTTERMARKStaff Sergeant · February 23, 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.