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JAMES CHARLES REAMER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1945 – August 5, 1971
Service recordJames Charles Reamer, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 124
- MARSHALL EDWARD NAFFZIGERSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- RODRICK TROUPSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- MARK JAMES EKLUNDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1971
- WILLIE MCCLOUD JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BRUCE CURRANSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 123
- ROBERT DARYL SEVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 123
- MARSHALL EDWARD NAFFZIGERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 124
- RODRICK TROUPSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 124
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.