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JAMES LOUIS REAVES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1947 – December 4, 1967
Service recordJames Louis Reaves, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 38
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ISAAC POLLARDMaster Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- DONALD STEPHEN RIGGSCorporal · December 4, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
From Myrtle Beach
- NEAL IRA BESTPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- WILSON BOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- WILLIE DALPHUS SPIVEYStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN WASILOWCorporal · November 24, 1968
- WILLIE LEE KEITHSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- THOMAS LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · February 23, 1970
- LARRY LEON JORDANCorporal · March 24, 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.