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GARRY LEE REICHARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1943 – November 18, 1967
Service recordGarry Lee Reichard, of Newaygo, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Newaygo, Michigan (Newaygo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 18
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- FRANK VINCENT RAZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- WILLIE REEDSergeant · November 18, 1967
- THOMAS JAY RILEYSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MOMI NUHI KANEStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 16
From Newaygo
- DOYLE EDWARD HOLTZLANDERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1966
- CLIFFORD EARL KELSEYPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SHERWOODPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- PAUL BARKLEY BOWMANCaptain · January 31, 1970
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.