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OSSIE REYNOLDS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1941 – December 27, 1967
Service recordOssie Reynolds, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 80
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 80
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- SHELLIE JEAN REEDLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BINKOPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 68
- DAVID LEONARD BOGGSCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 69
- WILLIAM ARNOLD CASONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 70
- JOHNSON MINNITEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 79
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.