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JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1945 – July 8, 1969
Service recordJohn Shepard Reaves JR, of Gaffney, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 85
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Gaffney, South Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 85
- JIM CAREY PAGEStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT WALKER PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- HERBERT LEE PHELPSSergeant · July 8, 1969
- RUSSELL ALBERT SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK WILLIAM HUMESCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 83
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 87
From Gaffney
- RICHARD L FOXXTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1962
- JOHN WILLARD CLARYPlatoon Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARK PETTYSergeant First Class · June 21, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ALLISONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD FOSTERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WARREN LESTER RUTLANDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT SPENCER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · April 16, 1970
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · December 1, 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.