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J C REEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1946 – March 26, 1969
Service recordJ C Reel, of Troy, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Troy, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 51
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · March 26, 1969
- CLAUDE JAMES OWENSPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 1969
- DONALD REED ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE BARNETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 42
- TIMOTHY LYNN CARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 44
From Troy
- STANLEY LEROY MOORECorporal · June 11, 1966
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BUSHONGSergeant · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN KLUSENDORFLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYSCorporal · February 24, 1969
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD BRINKEYSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- THOMAS MARK MCMAHON JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- RONALD KEITH KELSEYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1970
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.