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Death

Col Lavern George Reilly
BIRTH 25 Jan 1926
DEATH 15 May 1966 (aged 40)Laos
BURIAL Arlington National CemeteryArlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
PLOT Section 60 Site 7935
MEMORIAL ID 15019864
reated by: Hope
Added: 23 Jul 2006
Find A Grave Memorial 15019864
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2020), memorial page for Col Lavern George Reilly (25 Jan 1926–15 May 1966), Find A Grave Memorial no. 15019864, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Hope (contributor 46790939) .

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Lavern George Reilly
 in the U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
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Report issueName: Lavern George Reilly
Service Info.: COL US AIR FORCE KOREA, VIETNAM
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1926
Death Date: 15 May 1966
Service Start Date: 5 May 1946
Interment Date: 15 May 2000
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22211
Buried At: Section 60 Site 7935
Source Information
National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.
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Lavern George Reilly
 in the U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998
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Report issueName: Lavern George Reilly
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1926
Death Date: 3 Jan 1979
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Race: Caucasian (White)
Home City: St Paul
Home State: Minnesota
Religion: Roman Catholic
Marital status: Married (Spouse Listed) (Married)
SSN/Service #: 476183600
Citizen Status: U.S.
Death Date: 3 Jan 1979
Processed Date: Feb 1979
Casualty Country: Laos
Casualty Type: Hostile - Died While Missing
Casualty Reason: Aircraft Loss/Crash Not at Sea
Casualty Air: Fixed Wing Air Casualty - Other Aircrew
Body Status: Body Not Recovered
Service Branch: Department of the Air Force
Component: Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
Military Grade: Colonel
Pay Grade: Coloniel (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) or Captain (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Province: LZ
Data Source: Combat Area Casualties Current File
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.
Original data: National Archives and Records Administration.

Coffelt Database [Archival Database]; Records with Unit Information on Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam Conflict, ca. 1983-6/19/2002; Collection COFF: Richard Coffelt, Richard Arnold, and David Argabright Collection; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.


Combat Area Casualties Current File, 6/6/1956-1/21/1998 [Archival Database]; Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam Conflict, 1/20/1967-12/1998; Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
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 U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998
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Report issueName: Lavern George Reilly
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1926
Death Date: 3 Jan 1979
Age: 52
Home City: St Paul
Home State: Minnesota
SSN/Service #: 476183600
Death Date: 3 Jan 1979
Casualty Country: Laos
Tour Start Date: 15 May 1966
Service Branch: Department of the Air Force
Component: Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
Rank: Colonel
Military Grade: Colonel
Pay Grade: Coloniel (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) or Captain (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Province: LZ
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Laos
Unit: 4TH AIR COMMANDO SQUADRON
Service Occupation: 2835A
Data Source: Coffelt Database
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.
Original data: National Archives and Records Administration.

Coffelt Database [Archival Database]; Records with Unit Information on Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam Conflict, ca. 1983-6/19/2002; Collection COFF: Richard Coffelt, Richard Arnold, and David Argabright Collection; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.


Combat Area Casualties Current File, 6/6/1956-1/21/1998 [Archival Database]; Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam Conflict, 1/20/1967-12/1998; Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
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La Vern G Reilly
 in the U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
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Report issueName: La Vern G Reilly
Birth Year: 1926
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Minnesota
State of Residence: Minnesota
County or City: Ramsey
 
Enlistment Date: 5 Feb 1944
Enlistment State: Minnesota
Enlistment City: Fort Snelling
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
 
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Skilled occupations in the manufacture of miscellaneous products
Marital status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 000
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.
Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.

Burial

He died in a downed aircraft 15 May 1966 in Laos in Vietnam War. The bodies were not recovered. He buried at Arlington with others on the aircraft in a memorial grave.
Sect 60, site 7935
He was a colonel in USAF