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JOHN DAVID REVIER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1948 – October 21, 1969
Service recordJohn David Revier, of National City, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 103
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1948
- Home of record
- National City, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 103
- MARTIN YALE NAMERWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1969
- DALE FRANK OLMSTEADSergeant · October 21, 1969
- MONTE LYNN PAYNESpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- GLENN MICHAEL SCHROEDERCorporal · October 21, 1969
From National City
- JACK WILSON CECILSpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT STEVEN HURTADOLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CURTIS LAMAR DUCKPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- DONALD RAY OKAMOTOLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE NASHSergeant · June 9, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- HENRY GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- GEORGE DAVID CHUNKOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1969
- WILLIAM CIP ARIAS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1970
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.