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JOHN BATTISTE REALE III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – March 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Battiste Reale III, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 11
- ALBERT JAMES PETERSPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- CARL RAYMOND RASORIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE ROBERT RAYMONDLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · March 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAL E BARTONSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 3
- GERALD GREGORY CHINOSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 3
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 4
- DARRYL BLAKE FULLUMSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 5
- FRANCIS LEROY GAULOCHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 5
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 6
- STEPHEN LLOYD HALSTEADPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 6
- CARL RAYMOND RASORIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 11
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 11
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 12
- DANNY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 12
- JEFFERY HAROLD VANVLEETSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 13
- JOHN BRUCE WEILLSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 13
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.