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EMORY LEE REA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1946 – December 4, 1969
Service recordEmory Lee Rea, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 25
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 25
- LOUIS DALE PALLAYELance Corporal · December 4, 1969
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- DON EDDIE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · December 4, 1969
- JOSE A VELEZ-HERNANDEZSpecialist Five · December 4, 1969
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.