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LAVERN GEORGE REILLY
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 25, 1926 – May 15, 1966
Service recordLavern George Reilly, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 15, 1966, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 62
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Engineer (2835A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 377 SPT SQ
- Born
- January 25, 1926
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 15, 1966
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 62
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- KENNETH DEWEY MCKENNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR PRESTONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DENNIS RICHARD TABORCorporal · June 11, 1966
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.