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MICHAEL RICHARD REBER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1950 – March 12, 1971
Service recordMichael Richard Reber, of Orland Park, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 12, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Orland Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 42
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- SAMUEL TAYLOR OWENSpecialist Four · March 12, 1971
- BENJAMIN EUGENE SLAGOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1971
- ROBERT WALTER THORNESpecialist Four · March 12, 1971
From Orland Park
- RONALD LLOYD ZINNCaptain · July 7, 1965
- GEORGE DENNIS STIEHLERPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.