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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Carl Mitchell Reynolds.

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CARL MITCHELL REYNOLDS

Private · U.S. Army

June 24, 1951 – June 12, 1970

Service record

Carl Mitchell Reynolds, of Parchment, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9W · Line 48

Position of Panel 9W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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 (PVT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 LOGISTIC CMD
Born
June 24, 1951
Home of record
Parchment, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 12, 1970
Age
18
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

Context · from the records

What was happening

15 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 9W, Line 48

From Parchment

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.