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GORDON MICHAEL REEVES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1947 – September 2, 1967
Service recordGordon Michael Reeves, of San Mateo, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 89
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE SIMMONSSpecialist Four · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT LYLE STEBNER JRPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 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.