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WILLIAM RAYMOND REILLY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1946 – May 26, 1966
Service recordWilliam Raymond Reilly, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 16, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 111
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.