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DONALD GEORGE REICH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1946 – January 4, 1967
Service recordDonald George Reich, of East Jordan, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 114
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- East Jordan, Michigan (Charlevoix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 114
- CHARLES LINDON VANOVER SRMaster Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY CARL RUHLOFFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- JOHN STEVEN BAGOPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- JOE HAROLD KEIFERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1967
From East Jordan
- WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR IIISpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- MAURICE PETER KRAEMER JRCorporal · October 10, 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.