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REYES C HERNANDEZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1949 – May 1, 1968
Service recordReyes C Hernandez JR, of Colton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Colton, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 33
- THOMAS EDWARD BUMPPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GARY PAUL HILLPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- WILLIAM LEO HILLPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
From Colton
- BERNARD LEROY GRAYSergeant First Class · February 11, 1963
- MICHAEL CHAVEZ DARCYLance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- GERARD MARTIN KIESWETTERMajor · July 25, 1966
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIASPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- WILLIAM DARRELL MCGRATHCaptain · November 17, 1967
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · December 4, 1967
- GILBERT JIMMIE ADAMEPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · June 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETTPrivate First Class · November 30, 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.