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MICHAEL DEAN REIFF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – November 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Dean Reiff, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 20
- JOHN FREDRICK PRISETLance Corporal · November 20, 1968
- MELVIN DARRYL RUMSEYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- BENNY JAMES SAPPPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- WILLIAM PROSPER SMITH JRPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY W CLIFTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 15
- ALBERT D CONTREROS JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 16
- ARTHUR J HERINGHAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 18
- GARY DON PAGANSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 19
- HORACE VALLEY ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 21
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.