We all knew him as Radar, but was the actual first name of the pride of Ottumwa, Iowa, Corporal O'Reilly on the TV series MASH?
Gary Burghoff Gary Burghoff Gary Rich Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is an American actor, known for playing Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", and the character Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly in the film "MASH", as well as the TV series. He was also a regular on the hit TV game show Match Game during a period from 1974 - 1975 (beginning at episode 331), standing in for Charles Nelson Reilly for 140 episodes, who was in New York doing a Broadway play. Burghoff was born in Bristol, Connecticut and later moved to Delavan,
St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1954 and the school was renamed Walsh. In 1970 the Catholic people of Ottumwa voted to close Walsh, along with all the parish grade schools in Ottumwa. There was an attempt to raise money to save the schools, but the campaign came up short. In 1975 a new grade school, supported by all three Ottumwa parishes, was opened and named Seton. Classes were held in the St. Mary’s and St. Patrick’s school buildings. St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church (Ottumwa, Iowa) St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church is a parish of the Diocese of Davenport. The church building