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ROBERT JUDE REILLY
Captain · U.S. Army
May 27, 1939 – October 11, 1964
Service recordRobert Jude Reilly, of Dobbs Ferry, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 27, 1939
- Home of record
- Dobbs Ferry, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1964
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 66
- GARY RONALD RIGGINSCaptain · October 7, 1964
- MANFORD LLOYD KLEIVChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 9, 1964
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- JAMES MALCOLM BECKNERAirman First Class · October 16, 1964
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 66
From Dobbs Ferry
- ROBERT CHARLES WILSONPrivate First Class · January 8, 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.