The Wall › Panel 5W › California › Lucio Jon Reis
LUCIO JON REIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1949 – February 11, 1971
Service recordLucio Jon Reis, of Arroyo Grande, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 97
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Arroyo Grande, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 97
- RICHARD WILLIAM OKEEFEFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1971
- WAYNE ONEAL PATTERSONSergeant First Class · February 11, 1971
- VERNON EDWARD RAINEYCorporal · February 11, 1971
- DANIEL HARRISON TATELieutenant Colonel · February 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ALLEN BARGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 94
- RAYMOND FRANK CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 94
- GEORGE GLENN HUTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 96
- CHARLES PAUL MONTROSSSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 96
From Arroyo Grande
- DAVID WAYNE DYERLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- DELAINE ARNOLD A CHAP JRSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- JOE DON RAMEYSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.