Reidy, Paul Joseph

Paul Joseph Reidy was a 50-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 4 from Austin, Texas. He was serving on active duty with the U.S. Army's Office of Program Manager, Saudi Arabia National Guard (OPM-SANG), a long-standing security cooperation mission based in Riyadh.

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Reidy was killed in action in Riyadh on September 6, 2018. The Pentagon provided no immediate details on the specific circumstances of his death, stating only that the incident was under investigation. No other U.S. service members were reported killed or wounded in the same event.

Reidy's death occurred under the umbrella of Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led military intervention against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria, which began in August 2014. While the primary combat zones were in those countries, the operation's designation extended to personnel supporting the campaign across the broader region, including in advisory and training roles in allied nations like Saudi Arabia.

The Department of Defense announced Reidy's death in a press release on September 8, 2018. His death was noted by military publications and local Texas news outlets, which identified him as a native of Austin. Public statements from senior military officials regarding his specific case were not widely documented.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Reidy is memorialized on the website of the U.S. Army's Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood) and on other veteran memorial pages. His service with OPM-SANG placed him within a decades-old program aimed at modernizing the Saudi Arabian National Guard.

Paul Joseph Reidy was killed during Operation Inherent Resolve (ongoing since 2014). See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Villotcarrasco, Yeshabel, Spears, Jordan Lee, Walker, Jonathan Doyle, Neal, Sean Patrick.

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