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HENRY R REYES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 3, 1947 – July 15, 1969
Service recordHenry R Reyes, of Porterville, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 2
- CHARLES DAVID ORSUAAirman First Class · July 15, 1969
- HARMON POLSTERCaptain · July 15, 1969
- HARVEY F ROUNTREE JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- WILLIAM DALE SMALLPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARNIM N BRAITHWAITECorporal · Panel 21W, Line 123
- WILLIAM F ERICSON IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 124
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 1
From Porterville
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEYAirman Apprentice · August 24, 1968
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
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.