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BARRY THOMAS REINHARDT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1944 – May 5, 1968
Service recordBarry Thomas Reinhardt, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 28
- NELSON R RAMIREZPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DAVID JOHN ROBERTSLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE BLATTELChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 2
- RUSSELL WILLIAM EGGERTCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 10
- JAMES PAUL FREEMANSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 11
- DUANE MICHAEL NORMANDINCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 25
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 27
- ROBERT GEORGE WEDDENDORFCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 35
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.