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DENNIS LEE REEVES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – April 14, 1966
Service recordDennis Lee Reeves, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 113
- JAMMIE JAY LANIERPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- BURTON KYLE MCCORDCaptain · April 14, 1966
- CHARLES JOHN MURPHY JRStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1966
- HOWARD EARL ROTHRING JRPrivate · April 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOHN MURPHY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 113
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- LEONARD BURTON POORESpecialist Four · June 22, 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.