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JOE REYNA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 29, 1946 – August 9, 1970
Service recordJoe Reyna JR, of Cherokee, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Cherokee, Texas (San Saba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 98
- JOHN HENRY LIGHTSEYCorporal · August 9, 1970
- DAVID THORNTON MADDUXCaptain · August 9, 1970
- ANTHONY VINCENT MARTINEZPrivate First Class · August 9, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCNULTYPetty Officer Third Class · August 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KIRK OWEN BARKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 96
- IVERY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 97
- DAVID THORNTON MADDUXCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 98
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.