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REESE CURRENTI ELIA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 7, 1943 – August 8, 1968
Service recordReese Currenti Elia JR, of Burbank, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 29
- EDDIE DISMAYA JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- JAMES MERTON EDWARDSLance Corporal · August 8, 1968
- GERALD PETER GATEWOODSergeant · August 8, 1968
- GARY LEE HIGBEECaptain · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK DAVID ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 28
- GERALD PETER GATEWOODSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 29
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
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.