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LESLEY STEVEN REITER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1948 – April 27, 1969
Service recordLesley Steven Reiter, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 67
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 67
- CHARLES EDWARD REDDSergeant First Class · April 27, 1969
- PHILIP THOMAS REGAN JRSergeant · April 27, 1969
- LORNE JAY SIPPERLEYSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.