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DEAN WESLEY REITER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1942 – September 25, 1966
Service recordDean Wesley Reiter, of Manchester, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 161 MAG 16 1 MAW
- Born
- October 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Manchester, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 11E, Line 17
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- TERRY LYNN PUNDSACKSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- KARL ALBERT SCHMIDT JRCorporal · September 25, 1966
From Manchester
- CARL RAYMOND DAVISPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
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.