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LEVI RAY REYNOLDS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 28, 1938 – July 4, 1968
Service recordLevi Ray Reynolds, of Rising Sun, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Rising Sun, Maryland (Cecil County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 12
- MICHAEL ALLAN POWELLSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- MORRIS POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- JOHN BRUCE REEDCaptain · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN FRANCIS HARPERSpecialist Five · Panel 53W, Line 10
- MORRIS POWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 12
From Rising Sun
- MICHAEL DUANE ROLFECorporal · March 8, 1968
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.