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JOSEPH R REICHERT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1940 – January 3, 1967
Service recordJoseph R Reichert, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 113
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 113
- RONALD LOUIS ARRIGONISpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES FENNEYPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- FREDERICO PEREZSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- ERVIND CARL STRANDBERGSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.