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DWIGHT GERALD REICHLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1948 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDwight Gerald Reichle, of Marine City, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 40
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Marine City, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 40
- GERALD LOYD PARSONSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RAPHAEL ALEXANDER PERALTAPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD PETERS JRSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- DONALD RAYMOND SCHAFERSeaman Apprentice · May 1, 1968
From Marine City
- ROBERT HAROLD DANNEELSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS WINCKLERLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH BAWALCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS EMERYSergeant · December 28, 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.