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IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1943 – March 15, 1966
Service recordIgnacio Huicochea-Reyna, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 11
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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
- September 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 11
- GARY EUGENE BARTZPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- JOHN MICHEL NASHCaptain · March 15, 1966
- HERMAN PENNPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- CARMELO SANCHEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STEADMON ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 9
- THOMAS J CHANDLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 9
- WILLIAM R HOLBROOKStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 10
- RAYMOND HOODSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 10
- GARY EUGENE BARTZPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 11
- CARMELO SANCHEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 11
- GEORGE EDWARD SNODGRASSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 12
- DORSEY L TATUMSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 12
- PEDRO VAZQUEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 13
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 13
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
- TYRONE WRIGHTSpecialist Five · November 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.