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LOUIS JAMES REYNOLDS
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 27, 1946 – May 30, 1968
Service recordLouis James Reynolds, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 30, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 1
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Parkersburg, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 1
- WILLIE JAMES ROSSSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM ROUSECorporal · May 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE RUCKERSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- PAUL EVERETT SCHIEVESpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
From Parkersburg
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · May 12, 1966
- STEVEN ERIC EMRICKLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN WHARTONMajor · February 20, 1969
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- DONALD EDWARD ROSSSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · May 4, 1969
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.