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REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 19, 1943 – April 22, 1968
Service recordReynaldo Ayala Sanchez, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 30
- JAMES ERNEST GUSTAFSONPetty Officer Third Class · April 22, 1968
- HERBERT LEE HAMMONDPrivate · April 22, 1968
- HENRY ALBERT HEAL JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAY WILLIAM BERG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 28
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 30
- GEORGE PAUL KLEINStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 31
- DANIEL MASONSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 31
- BOYD CARL MINKPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 31
- THOMAS FRANCIS NORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 32
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- MICHAEL MACKIE OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.