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ALVIS OREN REEVES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1932 – December 4, 1966
Service recordAlvis Oren Reeves, of White Oak, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 12
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Canvas And Leather Repairman (43C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1932
- Home of record
- White Oak, Texas (Gregg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 12
- CRAWFORD BRIAN PARISStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1966
- OLIVER JOHN RIDDLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- WILLIAM D ROBBINSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- WILLIAM VINCENT SHORTSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 10
- CRAWFORD BRIAN PARISStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 12
- WILLIAM D ROBBINSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 12
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.