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MICHAEL DAVIS REEVES
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 1, 1947 – May 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Davis Reeves, of Absecon, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Absecon, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 64E, Line 8
- JOHN HARTLEY ROBERTSONMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- TOMMIE ALLEN ROLFWarrant Officer 1 · May 20, 1968
- DARYL LADON STITHCorporal · May 20, 1968
- RONALD GAIL SWAIMHospitalman · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY STANLEY KOWALESKISergeant · Panel 64E, Line 6
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 6
- DONALD CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 10
From Absecon
- GARY FREDRICK PAARZLance Corporal · April 9, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN KURTZPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.