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JOSEPH JOHN REILLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1946 – February 27, 1966
Service recordJoseph John Reilly, of Mt Holly, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Holly, New Jersey (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 84
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- ROGER DEAN BULIFANTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD STEPHEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 83
From Mt Holly
- ROBERT THOMAS DOUGHTYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- RICHARD PLOTTSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EISTERSpecialist Five · February 6, 1968
- WAYNE PAUL REEVESPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ANTHONY WILFRED TORRESPlatoon Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIELS MEARA JRCaptain · November 2, 1968
- SOLOMON HERBERT BRYANTSergeant First Class · September 24, 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.