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DAVID LYNN RECK
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 27, 1944 – December 21, 1969
Service recordDavid Lynn Reck, of Phillips, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Phillips, Texas (Hutchinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 79
- THOMAS MONROE MAYSSergeant First Class · December 21, 1969
- KENNETH BRUCE MEADORPrivate · December 21, 1969
- WAYNE D MORGANLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1969
- GARY PHILIP SINCLAIRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
From Phillips
- JERALD LEON DOZIERSergeant First Class · October 13, 1965
- EDWARD LEE PENNINGTONCaptain · August 14, 1969
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.