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JOHN HOWARD REEVES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1943 – December 23, 1966
Service recordJohn Howard Reeves served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 76
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
- October 28, 1943
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 13E, Line 76
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- FARLEY DEE THOMPSONMajor · December 23, 1966
- THOMAS LEE TIGLASFireman Apprentice · December 23, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
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.