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JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1945 – March 4, 1966
Service recordJoseph Ray Reynolds, of Compton, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 108
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
- April 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 108
- HENRY DUANE ODOMPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- SAMUEL GIZZI ORLANDOHospitalman Apprentice · March 4, 1966
- PAUL GENE PARSONSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JACKIE DEAN REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
- TYRONE WRIGHTSpecialist Five · November 9, 1967
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.