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RAYMOND STANLEY REEVES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1947 – November 19, 1968
Service recordRaymond Stanley Reeves JR, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 12
- PETER B LIVINGSTONCaptain · November 19, 1968
- WILMER THOMAS LUTZMaster Sergeant · November 19, 1968
- BILLY CLAYTON MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- WILLIE DEE MCVEAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALAN DESROCHERSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 10
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.