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PETER EDWARD REECE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 30, 1949 – April 11, 1969
Service recordPeter Edward Reece, of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Easton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 58
- LAWRENCE STEVEN MILLSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE OWEN JRSecond Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- JOSEPH FLAVIO PAEZCorporal · April 11, 1969
- CLIFTON DENNIS POTTSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NEIL PHILIP FARMERSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 55
- ROBERT LOUIS KNIGHT JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 56
- STEPHEN MIX LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 57
- ROBERT HALL SMARTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 59
From Easton
- ROBERT ALLEN BUTZFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WALTER WALTON HARINGStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDANSecond Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
- ALBERT SHILLERCorporal · April 2, 1968
- TERRY JAMES RAMPULLALance Corporal · April 16, 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.