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GERARD MICHAEL REGGIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1949 – July 3, 1969
Service recordGerard Michael Reggio, of Port Jefferson Station, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 56
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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
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Port Jefferson Station, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 56
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN RICETTICorporal · July 3, 1969
- WILLIS ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- PATRICK ANTHONY RUSSELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- FELIPE OBED SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY JOHN CABALLEROSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 50
- ABBIE EUGENE LEAZERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 54
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.