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JAMES LOUIS REICHELT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1947 – December 15, 1967
Service recordJames Louis Reichelt, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 4
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 4
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- ERNESTO PEREZPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWIN PIERSONLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.