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ANTONIO REYES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1948 – January 21, 1969
Service recordAntonio Reyes, of O'donnell, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 53
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 31, 1948
- Home of record
- O'donnell, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 53
- THOMAS VERNON RHOADSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- MARIANO RIBILLIA JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- ERNEST EUGENE RITCHChief Petty Officer · January 21, 1969
- RAY LAVERN SHARPPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELLIOTT VELEZ-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 54
From O'donnell
- JUAN JOSE BOTELLOPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
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.