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JOHN THOMAS REILLY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1945 – October 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Reilly, of Middle Village, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 25
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Middle Village, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 25
- ROBERT LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- HAROLD DOUGLAS MARTINFirst Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
- CHARLES JOHN PARKERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- MARION EUGENE REEDMajor · October 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 23
- ROBERT MICHAEL CROSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 23
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 24
- ERNEST ULRIC GAMELIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 24
- ROBERT ALBERT HAGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 24
From Middle Village
- KENNETH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DONALD BOWENPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
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.