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BRETT GRANT REAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordBrett Grant Reavis, of Grinnell, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Grinnell, Iowa (Poweshiek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 43
- JOEQUIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- CHARLES ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Five · September 5, 1969
- PETE SPRULE SEGUNDOSergeant · September 5, 1969
- DELBERT RAY SMITHSergeant · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 36
- KENNETH EDWARD FOUSTCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 38
- RON JACKSON HAYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 39
- DOUGLAS SCOTT KEMPFSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 40
- JAMES LEE MOORECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 41
- RICHARD PAUL POWERSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 42
- CHARLES FRANKLIN TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 44
From Grinnell
- MICHAEL TERRY BOATSpecialist Five · August 22, 1969
- JERRY EUGENE TEWPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
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.