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JOHN CHARLES REITWIESNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1946 – January 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Charles Reitwiesner, of New Fairfield, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 7, 1946
- Home of record
- New Fairfield, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 54
- FLOYD SANFORD MCCREERYSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- LARRY DONNELL MURRAYSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- WILLIAM WAYNE ONEILSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- JOHN DAVID FREDRICK PIESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
From New Fairfield
- EDWARD JAMES MONAHAN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN FRATTOLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
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.