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LARRY RAY REEVES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 5, 1944 – April 19, 1967
Service recordLarry Ray Reeves, of Austin, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 50
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 50
- BILLY J PATTERSONSpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JAMES RAY SCALFLance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- JOHN HAROLD SHERMANPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEROY WESSELMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18E, Line 51
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.