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CLYDE ALVIN REITER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1946 – December 28, 1968
Service recordClyde Alvin Reiter, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 87
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Trainee (09B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 87
- RICHARD CARL PUGHWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
- ALVIN WARNER ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · December 28, 1968
- DONALD J SHANGWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
- JOSEPH GORDON TAYLORSpecialist Four · December 28, 1968
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 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.