I am his great-granddaughter and recently have become interested in his fate. My family does not know if he died on the ship or in the water. I have been reading up and found no mention of him. Did any of the survivors know of him?
PFF said
May 30, 2011
ABMC record:
James F. Reilly Yeoman, First Class, U.S. Navy Service # 5527205 United States Naval Reserve Entered the Service from: West Virginia Died: 30-Jul-45 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines Awards: Purple Heart
I am his great-granddaughter and recently have become interested in his fate. My family does not know if he died on the ship or in the water. I have been reading up and found no mention of him. Did any of the survivors know of him?
James F. Reilly
Yeoman, First Class, U.S. Navy
Service # 5527205
United States Naval Reserve
Entered the Service from: West Virginia
Died: 30-Jul-45
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart