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PHILIP HENRY REITHER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – September 30, 1969
Service recordPhilip Henry Reither JR, of Creve Coeur, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Creve Coeur, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 20
- PHILLIP BERNARD COONEYSpecialist Four · September 28, 1969
- JOHN MOSES ANANIANPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN DAHLSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- LOUIS THOMAS ORTIZPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
From Creve Coeur
- JAMES ALOYISUS BRENNANCorporal · January 31, 1968
- RORY MICHAEL BAUMCorporal · July 28, 1969
- JAMES MORTON KLEINSergeant · March 23, 1970
- JAY OWEN CLARKSONCorporal · April 15, 1970
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.