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LESLIE REYNOLDS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1946 – July 17, 1969
Service recordLeslie Reynolds JR, of Mcarthur, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcarthur, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. 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 20W, Line 12
- DANIEL MORELAND SHEEHANSpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- ROBERT JAY SLANAKERSpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- WILBUR JOSEPH VACHON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
- JONATHAN R VARSWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
From Mcarthur
- ROY RAY ROBINSONSpecialist Five · February 21, 1968
- JOHN EVERETTE PERRYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- JOHN MASON GOODWINPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- REX FILLMORE CHURCHStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1969
- LAURIE EUGENE BARNESFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD F PEACOCKSergeant · June 3, 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.