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NEIL GEORGE REUTER
Captain · U.S. Army
October 3, 1937 – July 5, 1966
Service recordNeil George Reuter, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 3, 1937
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 133
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- PAUL HENRY PHILLIPSPrivate · July 5, 1966
- JERRY ARDELL ROBERTSFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 134
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.