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RAYMOND PATRICK REILLY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1949 – August 29, 1968
Service recordRaymond Patrick Reilly, of Lake Worth, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 1
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake Worth, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 1
- FLORENTINO RANGELSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL RAYNORPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- GERALD RAYMOND ROYCorporal · August 29, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
From Lake Worth
- ARLEN JACKSON DUCKETT JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LEE ANDREW RAWNPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD SHEPPARDPetty Officer First Class · November 22, 1968
- WALTER EDWARD GIERMAN IILance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- ISMAEL SOLISPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- DON LEE UNGERCaptain · May 3, 1972
- JACK ROCKWOOD HARVEYCaptain · November 28, 1972
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.