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HAROLD RAY REEVES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1950 – December 18, 1968
Service recordHarold Ray Reeves, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 42
- ROY HENRY SHEFFIELDCorporal · December 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD SPARKSPrivate First Class · December 18, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
- RUSSEL JOSEPH WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1968
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.