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MARTIN DANIEL REILLY
Captain · U.S. Army
November 12, 1936 – May 17, 1966
Service recordMartin Daniel Reilly, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 121 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 75
- ROBERT ALLAN POTTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- JOHN PETERS RANDLESCorporal · May 17, 1966
- CLIFFORD G RHODESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- BILLY EUGENE SNIPESStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BURKE JREnsign · August 1, 1967
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.