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DAVID RICHARD REYNOLDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1949 – November 21, 1967
Service recordDavid Richard Reynolds, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30E, Line 60
- RONALD GORDON SMITHSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SULLIVANCorporal · November 21, 1967
- CHARLES MINOR TAYLOR IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CECIL HINKLEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 56
- GERALD KLOSSEKPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 56
- ROY RONALD LEESpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 57
- ROBERT WILLIAM LINDGRENSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 57
- ROLAND WILL MANUELStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 57
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 57
- OLIS RAY RIGBYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 59
- JESSE E SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 59
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.