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RONALD HENRY REILLY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1937 – July 16, 1970
Service recordRonald Henry Reilly, of Ripon, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Ripon, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 23
- FRANK ELLIOTT MCNUTTCaptain · July 16, 1970
- WILLIAM FOY SETTLESpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
- FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · July 16, 1970
- RICHARD RUSSELL TIMMONSCorporal · July 16, 1970
From Ripon
- DANIEL MARK KASTENSpecialist Four · May 7, 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.