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GARY EDWARD REYNOLDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1942 – February 11, 1969
Service recordGary Edward Reynolds, of Clinton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Clinton, Illinois (De Witt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 16
- ROBERT LEE RAMSEY JRPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- GARY ROBERT REEDCaptain · February 11, 1969
- LINUS ROBERT ROECorporal · February 11, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE SCHUMACHERSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 12
- JAMES EVERETT MCKEESergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 15
From Clinton
- TOMMY GENE ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- KENT DOUGLAS MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · January 18, 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.