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REID TYRONE STYERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1944 – May 26, 1968
Service recordReid Tyrone Styers, of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 1
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Berkeley Springs, West Virginia (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 1
- DAVID WILLIAM SMITHSergeant · May 26, 1968
- LUKE ANDREW SMITH JRPrivate · May 26, 1968
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- DENNIS MILTON SOLLENBERGERFireman · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD EARL BEACHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 66W, Line 1
- TERRY LEE BROADYSergeant · Panel 66W, Line 2
- HARRY WILBUR JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 66W, Line 8
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.