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HOWARD WAYNE REECE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1946 – February 16, 1967
Service recordHoward Wayne Reece, of Shannon City, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 50
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Shannon City, Iowa (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 50
- ANGELO PULLARACaptain · February 16, 1967
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JERRY ALVIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- UINIFARETI SALEAUMUASergeant · February 16, 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.