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EDWARD LEE REYNOLDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1950 – September 18, 1970
Service recordEdward Lee Reynolds, of Macon, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Macon, Missouri (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 72
- TODD WHITNEY OTTMANPrivate First Class · September 18, 1970
- LUCO WILLIAM PALMASeaman · September 18, 1970
- LAWRENCE C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1970
- MARK EVAN HAMBLETONStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1970
From Macon
- MERLE DEANE TURNERLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ANSPACHMaster Sergeant · September 11, 1967
- NOBLE THOMAS HEADSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1969
- ROGER LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · December 5, 1971
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.