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JOHN CURTIS REEVS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1950 – August 28, 1969
Service recordJohn Curtis Reevs, of Calera, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 3
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Calera, Oklahoma (Bryan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 3
- ROBERT WARREN MCCABE JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- THOMAS PATRICK MCKERNSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- WILLIAM FAY RABURNSpecialist Four · August 28, 1969
- JAN IVAN RASENYUCKPrivate First Class · August 28, 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.