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ERIC ALLAN REAM
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 23, 1948 – September 26, 1969
Service recordEric Allan Ream, of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 11
- KENNETH JAMES MCCLUSKEYPrivate First Class · September 26, 1969
- LARRY CHARLES VASTINECorporal · September 26, 1969
- HARLAND LYLE WILKINSONPrivate · September 26, 1969
- LARRY CURTIS WRENNCorporal · September 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALFRED GWINNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 10
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.